GnuCash question

Tue Nov 21 22:10:49 EST 2017

Exactly!  Since there are two periods in the version number, they cannot 
possibly be a decimal fraction indicator.  Each number (major version, 
minor version, & revision level) are separate whole numbers.

If one is using Windows 10, go to the "System" page & note the current 
Microsoft version: 10.16299.64.  Soon the revision level (typically 
every time an update forces a reboot) will be over 100, just like for 
earlier builds.  There is never a leading zero, because each number is a 
whole number, not a decimal fraction.

This is a standard industry way of denoting the major version, minor 
version, & revision level.

On 2017-11-21 18:56, George Riner 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
>
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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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