"loadable only by GnuCash 2.6.20 and later"

[Jim DeLaHunt]

3.0!  Many thanks to the GnuCash developers. I have been lurking on the 
gnucash-devel list, so I have overheard all the discussion and care you 
put into this huge accomplishment, and I can only imagine all the work 
that you put in between posts.  I appreciate it!

Still, I have a question about the 3.0 release announcement 
<https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-April/075866.html>. 
It said, "[Changes in the Bayes import maps] mean that if you have 
Bayesian mapping data, once converted your database will be loadable 
only by GnuCash 2.6.20 and later." That implies to me that there exists 
a version 2.6.20.

Is there in fact a GnuCash 2.6.20?

The GnuCash.org "other versions" page 
<http://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml> says, "Old Stable Release 
(2.6.19)". I don't see a mention of 2.6.20.

The Sourceforge.net files/gnucash (stable) directory 
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/> 
has a directory named "2.6.20", containing a "-setup.exe", ".tar.gz", 
and ".tar.bz2" files, but no "dmg" file (for Mac OS).

Looking through my archive of the gnucash-user list, I see an 
announcement for 2.6.19 
<https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2017-December/073590.html> 
in December 2017, but no announcement of 2.6.20.

Is a release of 2.6.20 coming soon, and I should just be patient and 
wait for it?  Or am I misunderstanding the reference to 2.6.20 in the 
3.0 announcement?

For me (running GnuCash on Mac OS X), the issue is that the changes in 
the Bayes import maps, while welcome, will make my upgrade irreversible. 
I would feel more comfortable if I could upgrade to 2.6.20 first, then 
to 3.0. That would give me (the illusion of) a downgrade path.

Again, many thanks for 3.0! I look forward to using it, whether it be 
sooner or later.

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