Fink finally has 2.0.2

shane at rhodeslee.net.au shane at rhodeslee.net.au
Thu Dec 7 17:08:34 EST 2006


As a longtime Gnucash user I think it is important to keep the two 
versions separate. I want to be able to go back to an older version if 
something in my data files cause 2.0.2 indigestion.

Quoting "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>:

> This is truly excellent news!
>
> A small point: I just checked Fink's package database
> (http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/). The gnucash2 package appears in the
> alphabetical full list (and can be found by searching), but if you select the
> gnome archive section, the only gnucash2 entry is for gnucash2-docs. I didn't
> see the main package at first because went to that archive listing.
>
> I was also wondering whether it's necessary in Fink to separate the 
> 1.8 version
> from the 2.0 version. From my perspective as a know-nothing Mac end user, I
> only care about installing the latest version of GC in my machine. I'm sure
> there's a very good reason for this, but having separate package entries
> confuses me.
>
> David
> --- David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> As packaged now, gnucash2 on fink has everything listed internally --
>> even the base app has to be in crypto until I can convince TPTB that
>> gtkhtml doesn't belong in crypto, so there's no point in splitting
>> things out yet.
>>
>> Finance-quote and libofx are listed at versions in the dependencies
>> that let's them exist outside crypto ('unified' = forced to use
>> Apple's ssl distribution). Aqbanking is specified recent enough to do
>> OFXDirectConnect. Once I resolve the gtkhtml issue, then everything
>> but aqbanking (and gwenhywfar) can move to stable and exist as a
>> binary for download (but the binary download will not have direct
>> connect capabilities).
>>
>> For the moment, everything's 'in there'. The binary download will
>> have a slightly different package name, so if you install now, any
>> updates will get you the full capability set.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Cameron Thorne wrote:
>>
>> > How is the Finance::Quote integration?  I finally got this sorted out
>> > on my current (non-Fink) installation of Gnucash2.
>> >
>> > How about OFX?  I don't see a separate Fink package for gnucash2-ofx.
>> > Is that coming soon?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your work on this!  It is very much appreciated.
>> >
>> > -- Cameron
>> >
>> > On 12/7/06, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >> Fink has finally released gnucash 2.0.2 (as the package gnucash2),
>> >> along with gnucash2-docs 2.0.1.
>> >>
>> >> libgoffice 0.2.2 is used to get around the intel mac problem with the
>> >> included version.
>> >>
>> >> The good news is that I'll probably be able to get new releases out
>> >> in days now.
>> >>
>> >> The bad news is that it's in unstable/crypto, so if you are
>> >> installing on a new system without any gnome components, it will take
>> >> you something like the 12 hours Derek mentioned for building the
>> >> macports version.
>> >>
>> >> A binary release will be possible, but not immediately. There are 10
>> >> pieces of gnome I have to get migrated to the stable branch first.
>> >> And I still have to get gtkhtml out of crypto (where it doesn't
>> >> belong anyway). The eventual binary release will have everything
>> >> except direct bank connections (no way to get aqbanking out of
>> >> crypto...)
>> >>
>> >> Dave
>> >> --
>> >> David Reiser
>> >> dbreiser at earthlink.net
>> >>
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>> David Reiser
>> dbreiser at earthlink.net
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