GnuCash question

Nelson Handcock nelson.handcock at gmail.com
Tue Nov 21 22:09:47 EST 2017


Well put George! That's exactly how I see it too


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On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 12:56 PM, George Riner <georgeriner at mycogeo.com>
wrote:

> Interesting interpretation of what the period (or 'dot') symbol means as
> punctuation between the levels of revisions in the releases. It does not
> mean a decimal fraction part thereof. It is more representative of say an
> outline level, such as what Microsoft Word would produce if one had
> subheadings numbered 1 through 18 - the ones numbered 1 through 9 would not
> have a zero and I think most people would readily understand that 3 is less
> than 18.
>
> 2.6.18 means the 18th revision of the 6th version of release 2.
>
> If the future versions of gnucash proceed up to "2.10", I don't think the
> developers should expected to go back and renumber 2.1 to 2.01; 2.2 to
> 2.02; etc.; Nor should they have been expected to start that numbering at
> the outset not knowing if they would even get to a 2.10 before getting to
> release 3.0
>
> : George
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>
> On November 21, 2017 5:59:54 PM PST, Alan Whiteman <a.c.whiteman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >I think the confusion is that .3 is generally accepted (here in the
> >U.S., anyway) as "0.30".
> >
> >so .3 = .30
> >
> >Perhaps the number method should be 2.6.03 instead of 2.6.3... For the
> >future, of course.
> >
> >On 11/21/2017 11:14 AM, davelist at mac.com wrote:
> >> Please keep replies on the list as it may help others.
> >>
> >> Yes, 2.6.18 is newer. Each number between the periods is a separate
> >number and 18 is greater than 3.
> >>
> >> In general, do not download the 2.7.x versions as those are beta
> >releases for the next version unless you are testing those with other
> >data (i.e., don't run a 2.7 with the only copy of your actual data
> >file).
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>> On Nov 21, 2017, at 12:34 PM, Sean Perlmutter
> ><sp at seanperlmutter.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Dave,
> >>>
> >>> Just requested access to the list. But looking for an answer
> >quickly. Saw your reply re the issue below and thought I’d contact you
> >directly. Hope that’s ok.
> >>>
> >>> I’ve got the same issue: Just updated to High Sierra, now GnuCash
> >won’t open. And I can’t find Gnucash.app/contents/Resources/lib.
> >>>
> >>> I see your workaround is to just update to the newest version of
> >GnuCash. Which I’m happy to do. But something is odd.
> >>>
> >>> I have version 2.6.3, installed March 2014. And the GnuCash homepage
> >shows the most recent version as 2.6.18. The version number is lower!
> >Am I missing something? Is that more recent than 2.6.3?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for your help.
> >>> Sean
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Peter Schoonmaker <petermschoonmaker
> >at gmail.com
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   Hello,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   I’ve used Gnucash for several years and I love it. But, I’m a
> >complete novice about the technical side of Gnucash and I need very
> >basic help. I understand that the following is a fix or work around my
> >recent problem:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   copy /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib to Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   However, I don’t know what the above line means nor how to
> >implement it. In other words, how do I copy /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib to
> >Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   I’m embarrassed to admit my lack of knowledge, but I would need a
> >step by step description in order to fix this problem on my MacBook
> >Pro.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   I don’t even know the version of Gnucash that I’m running. I don’t
> >want to lose my data from the last few years. Is it safe to try to
> >reinstall Gnucash with the latest version?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   I’ve thought about moving my Gnucash data from my current computer
> >to another Mac that’s running an older operating system than High
> >Sierra, but I don’t even know how to begin to do that.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   Thanks, in advance, for any assistance you can give me. I’ve
> >copied this message to my regular email address so I won’t miss any
> >replies. Thanks again.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   Peter
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> That fix is only needed if you're running an old version. The easier
> >solution is to download the latest gnucash for Mac which no longer
> >requires that fix.
> >>>
> >>> Copying it to another computer requires knowledge of where the data
> >file you are using is stored. If your only goal is to get gnucash
> >running again, just install the latest version on the High Sierra
> >computer. If you still want to move it to another computer, we'll need
> >to figure out where your data file is installed. I'm not at a computer
> >with gnucash installed right now so I can't check how to tell that.
> >>>
> >>> HTH,
> >>> Dave
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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