[GNC-dev] [GNC] GnuCash 4.902 Released

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Mon Mar 6 18:48:44 EST 2023


Wow, I made an impressive hash of that. I've sent a corrected set of links. Thanks.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Mar 6, 2023, at 11:35 AM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Er no I meant the ones in your email of about 15 hours ago as follows. First Windows one gave me a 404 error but I managed to workaround it by replacing the 4.900 and 4.901 by 4.902.
> 
> Cheers David H.
> 
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> 
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 at 03:23, john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> If you mean the download links on https://www.gnucash.org/, that's because it's still not accepting updates. Use https://code.gnucash.org/website/.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2023, at 3:17 AM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> Ta for that. 1 question - download links seem to be pointing to 4.900 /
>> 4.901 not 4.902 ?
>> 
>> Thanks David H.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 14:20, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> 
>>> The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 4.902, the second unstable
>>> release leading to GnuCash 5.0.
>>> 
>>> This is an unstable release for testing purposes. Do not use it with
>>> production data! Make a copy of your book to test this release.
>>> 
>>> New Features
>>> 
>>>        • A new Stock Transaction Assistant to guide you through entering
>>> most investment transactions for stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. You can
>>> access it from Actions>Stock Assistant when you have the Accounts page ora
>>> Stock or Fund account register open.
>>>        • A new Investment Lots report showing a graph of capital gains
>>> and losses in a period by investment lot. Note that if you don't use the
>>> View Lots dialog to manage capital gains and losses this report won't have
>>> anything to show you. Use Reports>Assets & Liabilities>Investment Lots to
>>> see the report.
>>>        • A new tab on the New/Edit Account dialog called More Properties
>>> includes entries to set a high and low limit on an account. That's coupled
>>> to a new column that's available on the Accounts Page, Balance Limit. If
>>> you set a high or low limit and the account balance falls above or below
>>> the respective limit an indicator will be shown in the Balance Limit column.
>>>        • The description field quickfill in the register now displays a
>>> drop-down list of possible completions instead of just one inline
>>> completion.
>>>        • File import menu items for the MT940, MT942, and DTAUS formats
>>> is replaced with a single Import from AQBanking that supports importing any
>>> file format supported by AQBanking, including the frequently requested CAMT.
>>>        • The report generated by the Print Invoice button on the Edit
>>> Invoice tab can now be configured as a book option at teh bottom of the
>>> Business tab; this permits selecting a saved configuration of one of the
>>> standard invoice reports. Another option enables a delay, during which a
>>> dialog box will appear enabling the user to select a different report.
>>> 
>>> Note: When saving a configuration make sure that the invoice number is not
>>> set or you'll get that particular invoice instead of the one that you
>>> pressed the button for.
>>> 
>>> Between 4.901 and 4.902, the following bugfixes were accomplished:
>>> 
>>> The following fixes will also appear in GnuCash 4.14:
>>> 
>>>        • Bug 798748 - Transaction Notes field's value does not appear in
>>> reverse transaction.
>>>        • Bug 798754 - Build fails with gcc 13 and glib > 2.76
>>>        • Bug 798759 - Register widths for 'with sub-account' not saved
>>>        • Bug 798600 - CSV import of multi-split security transactions
>>> fails to load capital gain
>>> Transactions with capital gains processing can have splits in transaction
>>> currency with a zero amount and a non-zero value. To properly import those,
>>> prefer the value column even if transaction currency equals account
>>> commodity. Previous (wrong) assumption was that in case of a same-currency
>>> split, the amount would always be the value.
>>> 
>>> Update csv transaction export format to include split values. In the csv
>>> importer the 'GnuCash Export Format' option will now include values. For
>>> compatibility with filex exported from older gnucash versions the previous
>>> preset is still available under the name 'GnuCash Export Format (4.x and
>>> older)'.
>>> 
>>> The following additional bug fixes are in unstable only:
>>> 
>>>        • Bug 782141 - Import CSV - Multi-currency support can cause
>>> rounding errors
>>> Replace the column types 'Deposit' and 'Withdrawal' with 'Amount' and
>>> 'Amount (Negated)' that are conceptually applicable more widely. Also
>>> introduce column types 'Value' and 'Value (Negated)' to allow construction
>>> of splits in commodities different from the transaction currency. While
>>> Value is the number in the transaction currency, always use 'Amount' in
>>> single-currency transactions.
>>> 
>>>        • Bug 793306 - Price is not imported from CSV
>>>        • Bug 796955 - Import CSV - Single-line two-currency transactions
>>> can't be imported
>>>        • Bug 797033 - The CSV Importer should not obey with the
>>> "automatic digital point" setting
>>>        • Bug 797383 - Import transaction via CSV selects the commodity as
>>> a currency, results in an invalid transaction that is uneditable, and a
>>> corrupted price database.
>>> Change the transaction currency to the from or base account's parent
>>> account currency if the from or base account is not denominated in a
>>> currency. This allows to import stock transactions directly into the stock
>>> account.
>>> 
>>>        • Bug 797903 - Transaction window: The 'blue line' is always
>>> (erroneously) topmost when t. sorting order is inverted.
>>>        • Bug 798334 - Importing transactions from CSV with space as
>>> thousand separator
>>>        • Bug 798572 - Parse numbers with two minus signs as a positive
>>> numbers
>>>        • Bug 798691 - Memo field not updated on CSV import using U+C
>>>        • Bug 798732 - : Type of balance carry forward accounts for german
>>> skr49 account template fixed
>>> The accounts listed are of the EQUITY type and not ASSET.
>>> 
>>>        • Bug 798749 - Fails to read gsettings on startup
>>>        • Bug 798753 - UX improvements in new import dialog
>>>        • Bug 798763 - "Manage Document Link" keyboard shortcut is missing
>>> The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:
>>> 
>>>        • Always use the Company Name from book options in reports,
>>> removing the Company Name report option.
>>>        • Fix the register sheet being insensitive when in reverse order
>>>        • Allow C decls after statements.
>>> Legal since C99.
>>> 
>>>        • Make the scheme tests fail immediately if they load an external
>>> gnucash file.
>>>        • [c++options] Restore the ability to set plot sizes in pixels.
>>>        • [c++ options] Restore forward & backward compatibility, fix
>>> crash.
>>>        • CsvTokenizer - add additional test case for escaped quotes
>>> It simulates the case where csv fields are fully quoted and an escaped
>>> quote ("") is found in some field. This case is handled correctly, adding
>>> the test to guard this in potential future modifications.
>>> 
>>>        • [dialog-employee] toggle sensitivity instead of visibility of
>>> GncAccountSel
>>>        • [eguile-utilities.scm] remove fmtnumber
>>> deprecated in maint.
>>> 
>>>        • Sort the gnc tree view column menu
>>>        • Delete action on account page not disabled on edits.
>>>        • L10N:DE:Updating accounts from 0001 to 8000 DATEV-SKR04
>>> 2022-01-01
>>>        • GSettings migration: Ensure that the current version is set on a
>>> new GnuCash installation and that migrations applicable to versions of
>>> GnuCash later than the current one do not run.
>>>        • Turn on -Wunused
>>>        • Rename Hellow World report to Sample Report.
>>>        • Generic Importer - allow user to modify exchange rates for
>>> unbalanced transactions.
>>>        • Make logging accessible from python modules
>>>        • Allow C declarations after statements
>>> Good for declaring variables at point of use
>>> 
>>> New and Updated Translations: Czech, Hungarian
>>> 
>>> Help translate GnuCash on Weblate:
>>> https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/gnucash/
>>> 
>>> Translators note that there is a new project Program-beta on weblate for
>>> this unstable branch. Having twice the strings causes us to exceed the free
>>> account limit, but Weblate has so far just warned us about it. If we need
>>> to change the branch we'll announce it on gnucash-devel.
>>> 
>>> Known Problems
>>> 
>>> Complete list of all open bugs:
>>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=blocker&bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=trivial&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=REOPENED&limit=0&list_id=8149&order=priority%2Cbug_severity&query_format=advanced
>>> 
>>> Documentation
>>> 
>>> There have been no documentation changes since 4.900 so continue to use
>>> that release.
>>> 
>>> Getting GnuCash for Windows and MacOS
>>> 
>>> GnuCash is provided for both Microsoft Windows 8.1® and later and MacOS
>>> 10.13 (High Sierra)® and later in pre-built, all-in-one packages. An
>>> installer is provided for Microsoft Windows® while the MacOS® package is a
>>> disk image containing a drag-and-drop application bundle.
>>> 
>>> GnuCash is also available as a flatpak from Flathub.org. Instructions for
>>> installing and running.
>>> 
>>> The SHA256 Hashes for the downloadable files are:
>>> 
>>>>>> 424e477ef82a171dfe74db14433d6ff73002fa659619f325730041b1d15e7b4e
>>> gnucash-4.902.tar.bz2
>>>>>> c5da520e4afe3fc89c220fec3147edfd283f83954962b944e79e077b23fe2e1e
>>> gnucash-4.902.tar.gz
>>>>>> 290144cad57d73fc135c63f16f20ecf274500edc92d027d6438de98459760996
>>> gnucash-4.902.setup.exe
>>>>>> 340b6eecf12c74670621cd94861ea2e6780f809d2e42fd11ffe971604fe18d57
>>> Gnucash-Intel-4.902-1.dmg
>>>>>> c81a99d8e9ae287abad1a38f93fdac1a66e27f4f24aed85b25259df30bd1db83
>>> gnucash-docs-4.900.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Microsoft Windows:
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.900/gnucash-4.901.setup.exe
>>> 
>>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28unstable%29/4.901/gnucash-4.901.setup.exe
>>> 
>>> Apple macOS:
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.900/Gnucash-Intel-4.901-1.dmg
>>> 
>>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28unstable%29/4.901/Gnucash-Intel-4.900-1.dmg
>>> 
>>> GnuCash is also available as a flatpak from Flathub.org. Instructions for
>>> installing and running may be found at
>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak.
>>> 
>>> Getting GnuCash as source code
>>> If you want to compile GnuCash 4.901 for yourself, the source code can be
>>> downloaded from:
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.901/gnucash-4.901.tar.bz2
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.901/gnucash-4.901.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28unstable%29/4.901/gnucash-4.901.tar.bz2
>>> 
>>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28unstable%29/4.901/gnucash-4.901.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> You can also checkout the sources directly from the git repository, see
>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git for instructions.
>>> 
>>> To compile GnuCash from the source code by yourself, you will need at
>>> least Gtk+ 3.24, Guile 2.0, Boost 1.54, WebKitGtk 2.4, GoogleTest 1.7.0,
>>> cmake 3.10 and SWIG 2.0.12. Please consult the README.dependencies file in
>>> the sources for the exact list of dependencies and versions.
>>> 
>>> Getting the documentation
>>> 
>>> Note that the documentation for unstable releases is not on the GnuCash
>>> website. It is built daily and may be found on the development server under
>>> the locale directory; "C" is English, "de" is German, and so on.
>>> 
>>> The documentation is included in the MacOS and Windows application bundles.
>>> 
>>> If you want to compile the GnuCash Documentation 4.900 for yourself, the
>>> source code can be downloaded from:
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.900/gnucash-docs-4.900.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28unstable%29/4.900/gnucash-docs-4.900.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> The documentation is included in the MacOS and Windows application bundles.
>>> 
>>> About the Program
>>> 
>>> GnuCash is a free, open source accounting program released under the GNU
>>> General Public License (GPL) and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris,
>>> MacOS, and Microsoft Windows. Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and its
>>> first stable release was in 1998.
>>> 
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