Which stable version of GnuCash should I move to?

[Santhosh Paul]

Hi Maf.,

     Wow, wow, wow, wow!

      That elegantly closes a stubborn loose end. I was *sure* I'd
downloaded a stable version from the site, so I was stunned by that
scary message. As is my wont, I shoved the issue under the carpet, but
not before putting it on a long-term to-do list. Everytime I saw that
"tip," I'd say to myself: "My boy, you'd better deal with that; just
ask the good folks at the forum." And put it off until the next time.

      It's such a relief to know the gnucash I've relied on all these
years is not riddled with bugs. That takes a load off my mind.

       I can now look to my gnucash future with confidence. I see 2.6
written on the wall in bold capital letters.

        Hats off to your photographic memory. Or are you an entomologist? :-)

        Maf., you're the king!

Santhosh

On 08-Apr-2015, at 2:18 PM, "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:

>>
>
> Hi Santhosh.
>
> Y'know.  there's been a little voice at the back of my head saying "Why's this
> user so hung up on the 'development version'  x.<even>.y are stable versions.
> x.<odd>.y are the development series"
>
> Then another, very faint voice took a few days to be heard and it said "I'm
> sure i remember a stable version with that message, and it was a
> "documentation error".
>
> see bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639172 (which was fixed in
> 2.4.1)
>
> IMHO, you should have no problems opening your datafile in any of the later
> 2.4.x or 2.6.x gnucash versions, but you may then be unable to go back to
> 2.4.0 (but why would you, so many other bugs and glitches have been fixed in
> later stable versions?)
>
> As others have said, keep a known-good 2.4.0 datafile backed up somewhere safe
> for a while.
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>