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

[Erik Anderson]

Hello Christian --

I noticed that "sqlite" shows up as the default choice as well, running
2.3.7 on Ubuntu 9.04, which I found somewhat curious as I don't think I have
sqlite installed on my machine...

FWIW, I'm using the PostgreSQL backend, and so far I haven't noticed any
data disappearing or changing.

Cheers,

-- Erik Anderson


2009/10/31 Christian Stimming <stimming at tuhh.de>

> 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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