[GNC] Moving to Gnucash 3

[John Ralls]

That’s not necessarily true, see Geert’s discussion of Bayesian import-matching. There are some other feature blocks but they require overt user action to use a  new feature. The block is easily worked around by making a separate backup of your data file before trying GnuCash 3.x., though you would have to re-do any work done in 3.3.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Nov 26, 2018, at 2:53 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> A warning, once your data file has been touched by a version 3 Gnucash it
> cannot be opened by versions before 2.6.21.
> 
> Use a test file for practice.
> 
> David C
> 
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 11:31 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> wrote:
> 
>> Paul,
>> 
>> No, but it's easy to up-or downgrade the installed version. You can just
>> run
>> the installer of the version you want and it will replace the one
>> currently
>> installed.
>> 
>> The ability to install two versions side by side is something I am
>> interested
>> in setting up though.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Geert
>> 
>> Op zondag 25 november 2018 17:54:29 CET schreef Paul Schwartz:
>>> 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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