[GNC] Simple Update Question

[Adrien Monteleone]

If I recall correctly, the official policy is to support:

1. The last major GnuCash release,

2. On the oldest officially supported OS release.

This doesn't mean older versions won't work, (some people are still in 
2.6.x land!) or that newer versions won't necessarily work on older OS 
versions.

Since MS finally gave up the ghost for consumers on Win7, so did the 
GnuCash team. This doesn't mean 4.x (or newer) won't run on Win7 unless 
a dev specifically says so. (which may be included in various release 
notes) But if you try this and something doesn't work, you'll likely be 
directed to update your OS or roll back to a still supported GnuCash 
version for that old OS. (always keep backups!)

Regards,
Adrien

On 8/3/21 6:55 AM, Greg Feneis wrote:
> Sharon,
> 
> The risk of updating GnuCash to the most recent version on a Windows 7
> computer is pretty small compared to your continued use of Windows 7.
> 
> Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 about a year and a half ago.
> 
>   You should avoid using Windows 7 for anything of consequence.  Perhaps
> things like offline games and distributed computing roles such as the
> Folding at Home project would be OK.