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

[Kim_Wood]

I agree that the traditional XML format is the logical "default" save-as
choice.  I suspect that the database backends will overtake XML for all of
the right reasons in a reasonable timeframe.

Being able to choose the default save-as format in the option pull down menu
may be a good thing for early adopters of the new database backends, while
not causing annoyance to those who are happy with XML.   XML should come as
the initial default, with the ability to change the default via the options
menu.

What do you think?  Is this an unnecessary waste of volunteer code effort?

Regards,

Kim Wood


Christian Stimming wrote:
> 
> 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
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