[GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 4.8 Released

[John Ralls]

> On Sep 28, 2021, at 1:55 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 4.8, the ninth release in the stable 4.x series
> 
> This is a snap release to fix crashes during migration. The macOS and Win32 GnuCash bundles were not affected; if you use either of those you do not need this release.
> Between 4.7 and 4.8, the following bugfixes were accomplished:
> 
> None
> The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:
> 
>    [gsettings] Avoid crash from settings schema not being registered.
>    Rethink how gsettings migration file is constructed
>    GSettings hotfix - resolve crash due to bad schema reference
>    [gnc-plugin-page-register] call invoice editor with parent window
>    [assistant-stock-split] set parent window properly
> 
> New API
> 
> None
> Deprecations
> 
> None
> 
> New and Updated Translations: None.
> Known Problems
> 
> 
> Complete list of all open bugs: https://bugs.gnucash.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=blocker&bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=trivial&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=REOPENED&limit=0&list_id=8149&order=priority%2Cbug_severity&query_format=advanced
> 
> Documentation
> 
> Concurrent with the release of GnuCash 4.8 we're pleased to also release a new version of the companion Help and Tutorial and Concepts Guide
> Between 4.7 and 4.8, the following bugfixes were accomplished:
> 
> None
> The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:
> 
>    Remove obsolete files.
>    Remove autotools.
> 
> New and Updated Translations: None
> Getting GnuCash for Windows and MacOS
> 
> GnuCash is provided for both Microsoft Windows 8.1® and later and MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra)® and later in pre-built, all-in-one packages. An installer is provided for Microsoft Windows® while the MacOS® package is a disk image containing a drag-and-drop application bundle.
> 
> The SHA256 Hashes for the downloadable files are:
> 
>    15b8e4ff8336168eba88ef2faade377e5c5ff08e48b4660da1a33a8a407feb12  gnucash-4.8.tar.bz2
>    37e6fbdee7e2ac41299cdb4ffef189c160b03f992ab30e823369df90ebb0d61f  gnucash-4.8.tar.gz
>    b8c4a4bad5a073f53ea07ad46d4c13096a5d26d906ceda8c049842a8362d0a86  gnucash-4.8.setup.exe
>    abb6a0bc433207c1f31fee33aa7f0c63774217b2675e5fab78062c4cd862f975  Gnucash-Intel-4.8-2.dmg
>    988011168a3ab2c3601a5af75f5caad89fb18a4e880311f3538b8fc7c9a068d3  gnucash-docs-4.8.tar.gz
> 
> Microsoft Windows:
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-4.8.setup.exe https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-4.8.setup.exe
> 
> Apple macOS:
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/Gnucash-Intel-4.8-1.dmg
> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/Gnucash-Intel-4.8-1.dmg
> 
> GnuCash is now available as a flatpak from Flathub.org. Instructions for installing and running may be found at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak.
> 
> Getting GnuCash as source code
> If you want to compile GnuCash 4.8 for yourself, the source code can be downloaded from:
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.bz2
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.gz
> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.bz2
> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.gz
> 
> You can also checkout the sources directly from the git repository, see
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git for instructions.
> 
> To compile GnuCash from the source code by yourself, you will need at least Gtk+ 3.24, Guile 2.0, Boost 1.54, WebKitGtk 2.4, GoogleTest 1.7.0, cmake 3.10 and SWIG 2.0.12. Please consult the README.dependencies file in the sources for the exact list of dependencies and versions.
> 
> Getting the documentation
> 
> If you want to compile the GnuCash Documentation 4.8 for yourself, the source code can be downloaded from:
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-docs-4.8.tar.gz
> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-docs-4.8.tar.gz
> 
> The documentation is included in the MacOS and Windows application bundles.
> 
> About the Program
> 
> GnuCash is a free, open source accounting program released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, MacOS, and Microsoft Windows. Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and its first stable release was in 1998.
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-devel mailing list
> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel