[GNC-dev] GnuCash Portable is no longer portable as of 3.x

[Wm]

On 05/07/2018 08:24, Colin Law wrote:
> On 5 July 2018 at 06:05, Wm via gnucash-devel <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> GnuCash Portable
>> https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnucash_portable
>> is no longer portable as of 3.x
> 
> I think it would be useful if you detailed the problem a little so
> others would not fall into the trap, or pointed us to a bug
> description or something.

The problem is that there are

one way file changes between 2.x and 3.x

and

significant directory use changes between 2.x and 3.x

I know that, you know that but someone at PortableApps doesn't want to know.

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Someone using the portable version is trying to go back to 2.x from 3.x, 
that isn't going to work unless they have backups, the PA person doesn't 
seem to know you can't go back.

Someone else has reported they lost all their reports, well, duh, what 
was expected when the person making GnuCash 3.x portable didn't notice 
that the directory use changed.

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I do *not* believe the person in charge of PortableApps.com is a bad 
person, quite the opposite, I believe he is a good person, I think 
PortableApps.com is a valuable site that provides useful resources.

I'm not sure a bodged version of gnc 3.x that is guaranteed to lose a 
directory is going to help anyone.

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I have had a response from the site owner but he doesn't seem to be 
understanding that the changes between 2.x and 3.x were significant and 
required some action on his part.

I have BCC'd this, if a gnc mod sees this first, please respect the BCC, 
thank you.

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Wm