[GNC] Reading a 2.6.<mumble> GnuCash file (compressed XML) with 4.8?

[Stan Brown]

On 2023-04-20 13:04, Robert Heller wrote:
> I just upgraded my Ubuntu desktop machine from 18.04 (now EOL) to 22.04, which 
> jumps the repo supplied version of GnuCash from 2.6.something to 4.8.  Will 
> 4.8 load my 2.6.<mumble> file properly?

Maybe. If you make an archival copy first, it won't hurt to try. But I
wouldn't give much for your chances.

The conventional wisdom is never to skip a major version. Each of the
zillions of times this sort of question has come up, the recommendation
has been to upgrade first to the latest 2.x.x version, then the latest
3.x.x version, then to 4.x. After each upgrade, you should open the file
and click Actions » Check and Repair » All Transactions.

By the way, 4.x is no longer current; we're now in 5.x.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com