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

[Eric Chapman]

Thanks, Andrew. I used 5.4 yesterday with no glitches. Happy with it so far.

Eric

On 12/6/23 02:04, AP 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