[GNC] Help required

[David Cousens]

As a counter to that David, if you are going to put the effort in to learning something new, you might as well start
with the newest version of it. A lot depends on our individual backgrounds. As a sometime programmer, I am generally
fairly comfortable with the latest versions of most software packages and OSes I use and I update regularly as new
versions become available. On the odd occasion it has lead to grief, but fortunately very rarely.  Others with a less of
a  technical background are more comfortable to wait until the bugs are ironed out but it requires the early adopters to
help with finding them. Some of us are happy still riding around in horses and buggies! The main thing is GnuCash has
something for everyone.

David Cousens

On Mon, 2020-07-06 at 09:40 -0500, David Carlson wrote:
> This thread was started by a newbie who is still learning how it works.
> That person doesn't need the extra burden of finding things changing,
> sometimes for the worse, while still learning.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 9:33 AM will at theprescotts.com <will at theprescotts.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > David,
> > 
> > There is no one answer for everybody but I find it is better to pick a
> > time when I have no emergencies and update, even if it will "fix something
> > that ain't broke".
> > 
> > Either you skip all updates until you have to, then it is a pain because
> > you are way out of date and there may be no direct update path.
> > Or you break working systems with updates you may not need right now and
> > it is pain fixing things that weren't broken.
> > 
> > The only guarantee is that it will be a pain either way.
> > 
> > Will
> > 
> > On 2020 Jul 6, at 07-06 08:35:03, David Carlson <
> > david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Will,
> > 
> > In many. Cases it is better to follow the the adage "If it ain't broke,
> > don't fix it."
> > 
> > David Carlson
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2020, 7:55 AM will at theprescotts.com <will at theprescotts.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > "Decide from those whether there are new features that you want. If not,
> > > there is no reason to abandon a release that you are using successfully."
> > > 
> > > I would disagree. I think it is better to keep all software current. You
> > > may not want new features in the current latest release, but down the road
> > > there may be a release with features you want. If your software is many
> > > versions out of date, updating is always harder.
> > > 
> > > Will
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