Multi-currency

[Derek Atkins]

Phil,

I don't know.  I haven't looked at the patch at all so I don't know how
invasive it is.  It would be nice if 2.4.0 knew how to read/write the
extra account types, even if it didn't have all the code in there.

I think it's fine to put it into a feature branch to let people test it,
but I also think that if it's not too invasive, and if it's "off" by
default, it could possibly go into trunk too.    But as I said I haven't
looked at it so I don't know how invasive it is.

-derek

Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com> writes:

> Derek,
>
> how do you see the timing between this patch and 2.3.X/2.4.  Should it go into
> trunk?  Into a branch?
>
> I think I would prefer to see it in a branch to be merged in when 2.4 is
> released.
>
> Phil
>
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> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> To: Mike Alexander <mta at umich.edu>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org; rsbrux at yahoo.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:12:09 AM
> Subject: Re: Multi-currency
>
> Mike,
>
> Mike Alexander <mta at umich.edu> writes:
>
>> --On September 22, 2009 7:59:32 PM -0700 rsbrux at yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> This sounds very worthwhile to me!
>>> Why isn't it considered worthy of inclusion in the next stable
>>> version?
>>
>> This was discussed on the gnucash-devel list.  See for example the
>> thread starting with
>> <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2007-March/020071.html>.
> It's
>> probably better if you read the original rather than having me try to
>> summarize it.
>
> I think your recent changes make this patch more appropriate for
> inclusion:  It's off by default, you use a new 'trading account' account
> type instead of (IMHO incorrectly using Income), ...
>
> I think we should look at this more closely now.
>
>>          Mike
>
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> -derek
>
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