[GNC] GNUCash XML format compatibility

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 12 10:21:57 EST 2020


I believe Derek said 3.x is a major release and 3.0 is the first minor
release in that series.

David Carlson

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 9:08 AM Peter West <pbw at pbw.id.au> wrote:

> So it is correct to say that 3.0 was the major release, and that 3.1, 3.2.
> etc were all subsequent minor releases?
>
> Saying 3.x is the major release is ambiguous, to say the least. In that
> case, 3.1, 3.2, etc would all be major releases, because they all qualify
> as 3.x.
>
> It took me a while to work out what you were saying, and maybe I still
> haven’t.
>
> Peter
> --
> Peter West
> pbw at pbw.id.au
> “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual
> immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit,
> sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.”
>
> > On 13 Feb 2020, at 12:54 am, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please remember to CC gnucash-user on all replies...
> >
> > Peter West <pbw at pbw.id.au> writes:
> >
> >> I assume that you mean:
> >> 3.0 is the major release, and 3.1, 3.2. etc are all the minor releases.
> So the
> >> next major release will be 4.0.
> >>
> >> Is this the case?
> >
> > I said exactly what I mean.
> >
> > Technically, 3.0 was the first of the 3.x major-release cycle, and 3.1,
> > 3.2, etc were all subsequent minor releases of the 3.x major-release
> > cycle.  The next major release will be 4.x, starting with 4.0 as its
> > first release in the 4.x release cycle.
> >
> >>    On 12 Feb 2020, at 2:12 am, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>    First, note that we changed the numbering scheme between 2.x and 3.x.
> >>    This means that 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 are all *major* releases, with
> >>    minor releases denoted in the third number.  Whereas 3.x is the major
> >>    release and 3.0, 3.1, etc. are all the minor releases.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > --
> >       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
> >       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
> >       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>
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