Default save-as file format: Rather stick to XML?

[Christian Stimming]

Dear Phil,

what is the current default "file format" when the user opens the save-as 
dialog? In the Win32 version it seemed to present the "sqlite file" as the 
default save format. Is this intended, and is this the same on all platforms? 
If sqlite file as the default is intended, is there a specific reason for 
this? 

Because by all means the default should be the backend which for sure doesn't 
accidentally lose any data or, worse, small unnoticed parts of the data. Even 
though the sqlite or any of the data base backends have made good progress, I 
think their data stability in terms of the gnucash data still does not yet 
reach the stability of the XML backend. This isn't your or anyone's "fault" - 
it is just an outcome of how long the particular backend has been in use. 
Bugs like https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600194 are nagging and 
are natural to appear in these backends as long as they are still rather new, 
which they are. This is all fine, as long as our recommended default for sure 
is the most stable option we can offer.

Hence, I propose to stick to "XML file" as default at least on Win32 but 
probably on all platforms anyway.

Regards,

Christian