datafile no longer 1.8 compatible with r13734

Christian Stimming stimming at tuhh.de
Sat Apr 8 04:32:08 EDT 2006


Am Freitag, 7. April 2006 06:36 schrieb David Hampton:
> On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 22:59 +0200, Christian Stimming wrote:
> > The latest 1.9.x releases *used* to write a data file that could still be
> > read by 1.8.12. That was a very convenient way to get used to the new
> > version but all the while keep the 1.8.12 version around and working. My
> > data file in question is quite simple -- no business features, no stocks,
> > but nevertheless 2-3 different currencies and extensive HBCI features.
> >
> > However, with one of the "commodity namespace" related changes in the
> > last days, this is now no longer the case. When reading the file as
> > written by r13734 in 1.8.12, gnucash barfs with the error message below,
> > and contrary to beforehand gnucash-1.8.12 will not open any data.
> > (gnucash shows an empty account hierarchy.)
>
> Again, sorry about that.  Fixed in r13742.

For the record: Yes, compatibility between 1.8.12 and SVN works again in 
r13755 as of today. Again thanks a lot.

Christian


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