[GNC] Moving to Gnucash 3

Paul Schwartz pmjs1115 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 25 11:54:29 EST 2018


Geert:
Is it possible to install two versions, side-by-side, in Windows?

Thanks
Paul

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 7:56 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
wrote:

> David,
>
> You keep saying this. While I respect your choice to stay on the safe
> side,
> the only way to know if gnucash 3.x works for you is to test it. That's
> pretty
> easy in Windows.
>
> So I encourage you to run a few tests on a backup of your data file and
> evaluate how good or bad that works out. I'd love to hear your personal,
> first-hand experience instead of how you're currently expressing concerns
> based on what you've read.
>
> There are issues, but it's not like gnucash 3.x has suddenly become
> completely
> unusable.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
>
> Op zondag 25 november 2018 04:07:52 CET schreef David Carlson:
> > Paul,
> >
> > You are not the only one that concerned about whether the new releases
> meet
> > your needs any better than what you used before.  A bird in hand is
> > better...
> >
> > I am staying with my favorite 2.6.15 or 2.6.17 until I am satisfied that
> > 3.4 or whatever is sufficiently well debugged to not present any serious
> > regressions for my needs.
> >
> > David C
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 4:33 PM Paul Schwartz <pmjs1115 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I have files that contain many years of transactions [<2 MB]. Last year
> > > was
> > > done with 2.6.12 which I think provides accurate numbers. Starting a
> new
> > > computer on Windows 10, I would like to transition to 3.3 and stay
> > > current.
> > >
> > > When I open an old file and run a balance sheet I get some very strange
> > > results in my stock accounts. Some stocks are very simple: a purchase
> for
> > > cash, one transaction. Sometimes the report left justifies the amount
> of
> > > the stock and correctly reports the value of the purchase. Sometimes it
> > > right justifies the amount of the stock and reports zero for the
> value. I
> > > have looked at how the accounts are setup, and they look identical.
> > >
> > > I have other stocks that are more complex: there are simple purchases
> and
> > > then debits or credits for $ amounts with zero shares. Those are always
> > > reported with zero value.
> > >
> > > I would like to solve the simple cases first. Any help is greatly
> > > appreciated as I don't want to be frozen to using the old gnucash
> version.
> > >
> > > Paul
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