Incompatibilities between 2.4 and 2.6?

[Alun Champion]

I was able to use 2.6 and 2.4 but a note of caution. I did something
in 2.6 that made the file incompatible with 2.4. I have no idea what I
did that made it incompatible as I didn't think I had done anything
differently and I wasn't experimenting with any new features. I rolled
back to a previous file and I was able to open it in both 2.4 and 2.6
again. I now do all my work in 2.6 but I still have a version of 2.4
installed and can confirm I can still open it in both.

On 15 February 2014 19:52, Buddha Buck <blaisepascal at gmail.com> wrote:
> My desktop machine is running Ubuntu 13.10, and has GnuCash 2.4 installed
> although 2.6 is available via the getdeb repository.
>
> My laptop machine is running Debian Jessie/testing, and has GnuCash 2.6
> installed. Before I installed Debian, I was running Ubuntu and had 2.4
> installed.
>
> I use Dropbox to hold my GnuCash data files (and auto backups and logs,
> which I should clean out sometime). I have not had a problem working with
> my data between multiple installations of 2.4 (including some on Windows
> machines) via Dropbox. No problems I could not attribute accurately to my
> own stupidity.
>
> Are there any incompatibilities between 2.4 and 2.6 I should be aware of if
> I were to try to work on the same data files on both my desktop and my
> laptop? I know the business features have been enhanced (credit notes and
> the like, for one), but is it done in an incompatible way? If i ignore
> credit notes for now, and stick to invoices and bills, can I edit the file
> using 2.6, then edit it more using 2.4, or will I be risking data loss and
> other horrid stuff?
>
> One of my colleagues wants to receive read-only copies of the books, and he
> is running Mint Linux 15 (based on Ubuntu 13.04) so only 2.4 is available
> to him. If I start using 2.6 exclusively, will he be locked out of using
> 2.4 to examine the books?
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