Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)

[David T.]

Rich--

There are no file format changes in going from 2.2 to 2.4; your data file, which is in stored in a format called XML, will continue to work if you choose to go back to 2.2. There isn't really any reason to avoid trying the new version (and a lot of them to give it a go, IMHO).

If nothing else, you could download, disconnect your computer from the Internet, and try installing the new version. If it barfs, then you can report back here, and add to EVERYONE's understanding of the situation. More data points are better!

Cheers,
David

--- On Wed, 12/29/10, Richard Bishopp <rbishopp44 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Richard Bishopp <rbishopp44 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)
To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 5:32 PM

I understand but I have not had to be connected to the internet for GnuCash to work on my windows vista laptop.  Obviously to download the program in the first place I was and probably for the install.
I'm tempted to give it a try but I don't know what it would take to go back to the previous version. 

Rich...

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:06 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:





--- On Wed, 12/29/10, FireFly <fireflys_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:



> From: FireFly <fireflys_98 at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)

> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>, "Richard Bishopp" <rbishopp44 at gmail.com>

> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org

> Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 4:19 PM

> --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Richard Bishopp

> <rbishopp44 at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> > 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...

> >

>

> Before everyone goes all crazy, can someone confirm it's

> ACTUALLY trying to connect to the internet, and not just to

> 127.0.0.1 ?

>

> James Duerr

>

>



I had been thinking that this was the situation before, but couldn't remember the details. However, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363648 clearly shows (in its 118 comments!) that there is quite a bit of weirdness involved here. I am neither a developer nor a Windows user, so I really can't help much in the resolution. From my reading of that bug, it looks as if Orbit, gconf, and Gnucash *under Windows* get confused about where to look for feedback from the other packages. It would also appear that this had been fixed some time ago, although the solution did sound a little ... uncertain.




I will note that the issue has been around since *before* the last stable release, so everyone out there upset that this is happening in 2.4 may want to reconsider their fears. Gnucash inherited this problem a long time ago.




David



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