Fixing bug #600574 - Would like to disable creation of log files and backup files entirely

Geert Janssens janssens-geert at telenet.be
Sat Jun 12 10:53:30 EDT 2010


On Saturday 12 June 2010, Christian Stimming wrote:
> This is absolutely true if we were talking about a newly introduced
> preference. However, in this case we're basically reversing the semantic of
> this particular preference setting ("keep forever" into "no keeping at
>  all"), and even though we could announce this in announcements, it is
>  still too drastic a change IMHO.
> 
Ok, I can see that point as well. So I'll use your other proposal.

> > I'm still pondering whether it would make more sense to apply the patch
> > now, ignoring the string freeze, or waiting until after the 2.4 release.
> >
> > For me personally, it feels better to introduce such a change in
> > behaviour in a major release than in a minor one. I think a minor release
> > should behave as consistent as possible while a major release can
> > introduce new ways of doing things.
> 
> Agreed, but rather with a differently implemented change.
> 
I can implement this using radio buttons as you propose. This will also 
introduce new strings. You do agree then that those are best still added for 
2.4 ?

Geert


More information about the gnucash-devel mailing list