Version compatibility: Debian vs Ubuntu

[Russell Gadd]

Thanks Derek for the assurance.


On 27 January 2010 15:44, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Russell Gadd <russ.mail.lists at googlemail.com> writes:
>
> > I am currently running Gnucash within Linux (Debian Lenny) and would like
> to
> > try switching to using Ubuntu Linux. However due to Debian's conservative
> > release policy the Gnucash version in Debian Lenny is 2.2.6 whereas the
> one
> > in Ubuntu is 2.2.9. I can happily switch to Ubuntu and use that for a
> trial
> > period but I am concerned that if I decide to revert to using Debian
> Lenny I
> > will need to go back to version 2.2.6 with a set of accounts modified
> with
> > version 2.2.9.
> >
> > Looking at Gnucash's list of changes on the website, I can't find
> anything
> > between these 2 versions which implies that the file format has changed
> but
> > I would appreciate someone confirming that there will be no issues going
> > back to 2.2.6.
> >
> > Gnucash is a must-have application for me and I can't afford to take the
> > risk of not being able to use my accounts file.
>
> 2.2.6-2.2.9 is 100% compatible.
>
> > Russell
>
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>
> -derek
>
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