Any prognosis for when 2.4 is due?

[Phil Longstaff]

On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:00 -0500, Phil Longstaff wrote:
> As far as major pieces for 2.4, the last thing is webkit on windows
> (webkit on linux/mac seem to work fine, webkit on windows has some
> really bad bugs - fonts unreadable if you print a report).  I'm working
> on that now, and hope soon to either have a fix or else we'll need to
> pull webkit out on windows and go back to gtkhtml.
> 
> 2.4 will support SQL to an sqlite3 db file, or a local or remote mysql
> or postgresql db.  I've been using the sqlite3 backend quite
> successfully, but don't use all of the features.  There are still some
> bugs that need to be fixed.  Even after they are fixed, the decision is
> to stay with the XML backend by default, but allow the user to save into
> an SQL file and go from there.  Note that gnucash is *not* a database
> app, and there is no multi-user capability.
> 
> As far as target date goes...  I hope to resolve webkit/windows within
> the next 2 weeks - either have a version that allows you to print, or
> else go back to gtkhtml on windows.  Then, a few releases for string
> freeze/translation and fixing critical bugs.  Maybe end of April?

Well, it appears as though the latest webkit/win32 build does *not* fix
the printing font size issue, so I propose that on win32, we stick with
gtkhtml.

I will update the schedule on the wiki, but will propose a schedule
something like:

2.3.9 (3rd week of January) - String freeze
2.3.10 (3rd week of February) - Major bug fixes
2.3.11, 2.3.12, ... Weeks to follow - major bug fixes/translation issues
only

Sometime in late February, I am going to need some surgery and will be
out of commission for a few weeks (up to 6-8 weeks).  Either 2.3.X
releases will need to wait with a large gap, or else someone else will
need to handle the release process during my absence.

Phil