Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)

[J. Alex Aycinena]

I, too, wanted to jump on the bandwagon and be outraged that some dumb
developer had actually done something so stupid as require internet
connectivity for Gnucash to operate. You can imagine my disappointment
when I actually tried it and found that it works fine without one. But
then, I'm on linux not windows and that might explain the difference.
Also, maybe it needs to be connected to install but not to operate. I
don't know because I haven't actually tried those two. I wonder if the
prior posters actually tried it themselves.

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Richard Bishopp <rbishopp44 at gmail.com>
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:32:15 -0500
> Subject: Re: Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)
> This is disappointing.  I was about the dump the last stable release I have
> been using and move up to 2.4.  Now I'm wondering if an entirely different
> plan is needed.  I really enjoyed using GnuCash and finally started getting
> used to the way it works.
> I'm a computer functional illiterate.  I can work the computer but beyond
> that it baffles me.
>
> Is there any similar software for the same price out there that I could
> consider ?
>
> I do not want the internet connections.  I've always used GnuCash without it
> and will not use it if I have to be connected.
>
> Rich...
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:46 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Colin Scott <gnucash at double-bars.net> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Colin Scott <gnucash at double-bars.net>
>> > Subject: Re: Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)
>> > To: warlord at MIT.EDU, mortimer.hobart at gmail.com
>> > Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 1:46 PM
>> >
>> > > > Why does it connect to the internet at load up?
>> > Why will it not
>> > > > run unless it can connect to the internet?
>> > >
>> > > The reason is ORBIT (the Gnome CORBA system); it uses
>> > the system's
>> > > Internet Address for local inter-process
>> > communication.  ORBIT is an
>> > > indirect dependency of GnuCash, it's something that
>> > gets used by our
>> > > dependencies, but not directly by Gnucash.  It's
>> > not our code, and
>> > > it's not something that we can easily fix.
>> >
>> > I haven't yet tried 2.4 in Windows, but as I understand
>> > this thr, eadlet, you are saying that it _has_ to be able to
>> > connect to the internet in order to run, even thought it
>> > doesn't actually use it.
>>
>> What Derek is saying is that gconf uses ORBIT, and Gnucash uses gconf. The
>> problem is in gconf, not Gnucash. This has been true since 2008 at least
>> (see
>> http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2008-November/027283.htmlfor the last entry on the thread).
>>
>> > I have to say that would be a show-stopper for me with that
>> > release of gnucash, as I often use gnucash in situations
>> > where an internet connection is not available.  I would
>> > also add that I could never in my role as a software
>> > developer have even contemplated releasing software
>> > containing such a bug.  You seem to be saying that this
>> > is going to be a permanent feature of gnucash from here
>> > on.  If that were to be the case I would reluctantly
>> > have to consider moving to other software.
>>
>> This is not a bug; it's a decision by gconf/ORBIT. It seems to me the path
>> for changing this is to contact the gnome/gconf folks (see
>> http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/)
>>
>> David
>>
>> >
>> > Colin
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