Version 2.6.4

[John Ralls]

> On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:35 PM, Wm <wm+gnc at tarrcity.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:23:38 <9A4E0683-21E6-4E34-AC60-90F5CD414DB1 at ceridwen.us>  John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
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>> On Nov 20, 2014, at 4:01 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> Folks,
>>> 
>>> I would like to start by saying that I remain in awe of the ongoing development effort put forth by the team and community with this software. It really is amazing.
>>> 
>>> I am not a developer, and am unable to contribute to the programming cause. However, the problems with the 2.6.4 release (especially under Windows) has led to the unfortunate situation that many users are being advised NOT to install the latest version of GnuCash.
>>> 
>>> While this was a reasonable solution in the short term, the problems seem to have gotten drawn out.
>>> 
>>> Given that circumstance, is there any way to send out a "2.6.5" that materially contains the last working version of GnuCash (i.e. 2.6.3)? I think it would alleviate a lot of confusion for users.
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>> David,
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>> Your concerns are valid, but the Windows problems aren’t with GnuCash code. The short version is that we broke the Windows build system and can’t at the moment create a working Windows GnuCash to distribute, regardless of the GnuCash version.
> 
> ... and 2.6.4-2 isn't broken for everyone, it is in alternate daily use here on WinXP SP3.   e.g. I might use 2.6.3 Portable for a report I've already set up and 2.6.4-2 if I'm trying out a new one. Because of the way PortableApps store settings the two versions happily co-exist and use the same data, though not at the same time, obviously.
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You might prefer the latest maint build from http://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint/ to 2.6.4-2. The maint build won't crash on quit. It's problem is that it displays only text reports, no graphs.

Regards,
John Ralls