Latest version for Windows?

[Alen Siljak]

   Thanks a lot, John, for the prompt action!
   I installed the latest weekly build assuming that would be the latest
   maintenance version. Basically, this means I could safely rely on
   GitHub Releases page for the stable updates.
   Cheers
   --
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   On 9/2/18, 20:32 John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

     > On Feb 9, 2018, at 7:41 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
     >
     >
     >
     >> On Feb 9, 2018, at 5:57 AM, cicko <alen.siljak at gmx.com> wrote:
     >>
     >> I find a bit confusing as to where to find the latest version for
     Windows.
     >> The maintainance releases are apparently going out but somehow I
     canʼt
     >> figure out what the flow is.
     >>
     >> The main [1]www.gnucash.org page points to
     >>
     [2]http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/gnucash-2.6.
     19-1.setup.exe
     >> which does not exist.
     >>
     >> The Installation page simply points to the Windows directory on
     SourceForge.
     >> The Stable version there is
     >>
     [3]https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stabl
     e%29/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe/download
     >> which looks like the first 2.6.19 version?
     >> However, on the same page there is a hash
     >> 1fa83d9578e8c62bd7dcef3b953e0e7610bf03bed9c1a037a72a6eee1ac79e37
     >> gnucash-2.6.19-3.setup.exe
     >> which refers to 2.6.19-3 version for Windows(!).
     >>
     >> And, finally, Windows wiki page
     ([4]https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows)
     >> points to
     >> [5]https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint/
     >> which shows what I believe are the weekly maintenance builds,
     based on the
     >> info in their names and the description on the wiki page.
     >>
     >> So, if I want to get the *latest stable version* for Windows,
     which one
     >> should I use?
     >
     > You should use
     [6]https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stabl
     e%29/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe/download<[7]https://sourceforge
     .net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19
     -setup.exe/download> or
     [8]https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/2.6.19/gnuca
     sh-2.6.19-setup.exe<[9]https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/d
     ownload/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe>
     >
     > (They’re the same file; Github lacks SourceForge’s annoying
     advertising).
     >
     > And I’ll get the mess of wrong pointers and names cleaned up.
     >
     The pointer on [10]www.gnucash.org and the README.txt on SourceForge
     are fixed now. Sorry for the confusion.
     Regards,
     John Ralls

References

   1. http://www.gnucash.org/
   2. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/gnucash-2.6.19-1.setup.exe
   3. https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash (stable)/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe/download
   4. https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows
   5. https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint/
   6. https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash (stable)/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe/download
   7. https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash (stable)/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe/download
   8. https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe
   9. https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/2.6.19/gnucash-2.6.19-setup.exe
  10. http://www.gnucash.org/