[GNC] Advise me please: go up to 5.4.2 or stay at 4.13?

[G R Hewitt]

Minty fresh bugs! I like the sound of that; maybe let Bill Gates in on the
conversation - who knows where that will lead.
Minty Bugs for all - delicious!

On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 at 07:05, AP <gnucash at inml.grue.cc> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 02:10:59PM -0500, Eric Chapman wrote:
> > I do scan  through the posts to the GNUcash user list, so I know there
> were
> > some issues with 5.x when it came out. But is 5.4 really up to every day
> > work with no glitches?
>
> For my use, yes but I've had it crash under duress (noob learning spree).
> :)
>
> > Any advice at all?
>
> No software is perfect.
>
> No version is perfect.
>
> No upgrade is pefect.
>
> With each upgrade of any software you'll get less of the old bugs and more
> of
> the minty fresh bugs. The hope is that there will be less new bugs than
> (now
> removed) old bugs and that they will be less devastating in nature.
>
> That said I like my bugs minty fresh so I'm on 5.4 and will upgrade when
> the
> upgrade comes.
>
> Now, if you want to give it a go, make a backup of your 4.x files and then
> run
> 5.4 on what you have. Poke, prod and twiddle until you feel ok about it.
> Then
> delete those files, copy the 4.x files back from your backup and start
> work in
> 5.4 in earnest.
>
> And above all else, always have backups. They'll lead to less salt in your
> life which, in turn, will lead to less heart problems. ;)
>
> Andrew
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