Let's really release 2.4.0 soon

[David T.]

--- On Wed, 12/15/10, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Let's really release 2.4.0 soon
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "gnucash-devel" <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>, "Christian Stimming" <stimming at tuhh.de>
> Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 7:06 AM
> "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> writes:
> 
> > As a user, I agree, although it would be nice if
> 635357 were addressed. 
> 
> Yes, but the documentation can generally be released after
> 2.4.0.  IMHO.

Sure. I was mainly expressing concern about the file format issues that the new version raises. There has been work on this bug by Cristian Marchi today, and it looks like my concerns are addressed by his work.

David

> 
> > On that bug, I looked at the sections in question, but
> don't see a quick fix. Not having done any saving in
> database format, I wouldn't know what needs to be said. But
> given that the database file format is a key part of this
> version, its impact on the process of saving data, and most
> importantly the need for users to understand their save
> options clearly, I think *some* effort should be made. 
> >
> > I am particularly concerned that end users understand
> the background steps they need to take to enable database
> saving (e.g., installing the db server, setting it up for
> gnucash use, etc.). This would also be a good place to put
> some of the "Gnucash uses a database back end to store its
> data, but it is not a database application" verbiage that
> has been bandied about on the lists for a good while.
> >
> > David
> 
> FTR, I agree that we should get 2.4.0 out the door.
> 
> -derek
> 
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