.gnucash Folder and 2.4.0 under OS X

[John Ralls]

On Jan 24, 2011, at 12:23 PM, David T. wrote:

> John--
> 
> --- On Mon, 1/24/11, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
>> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
>> Subject: Re: .gnucash Folder and 2.4.0 under OS X
>> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "Users Gnucash" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:50 AM
>> 
>> On Jan 23, 2011, at 7:56 PM, David T. wrote:
>> 
>>> Now that I am upgraded to 2.4.0 under OS X, can I
>> remove the .gnucash folder and its contents in ~ ?
>>> 
>>> If this is no longer necessary, should that be managed
>> by the upgrade process?
>>> 
>> 
>> Yes.
> 
> Great! Good to know.
> 
>> 
>> No, because some users might want to keep 2.2.9.
>> 
> 
> I can understand wanting to retain backward compatibility for some period of time after upgrading, sure.
> 
> Would it be useful to note somewhere (installation/upgrade notes?) the user's options? What about asking during the installation if they want to retain or remove this information, with a brief explanation of what the action's implications are, and then enacting it?
> 
> Or, what about a time-delayed (one month, 50 starts...?) query on startup? 
> 
> The reason I ask is that my home folder is littered with dot-folders that I am unsure whether I need them, and it would be nice if at least one of the applications that left these around actually asked if I wanted to get rid of it...

Patches welcome.

Regards,
John Ralls