[GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

[R Losey]

Let me start off by trying to avoid hateful responses...

I worked in the software industry, and the programs I supported have had
their share of issues. I remember (with hung head) when we went through a
patch in which we would claim to have fixed a problem, only to have it
recur, and then fixed that and then had another problem occur. It was a
really bad time, and we took a lot of heat for it.

I also know that GnuCash is free, thanks to the intense dedication of a
relatively small number of people... for whom and to whom, I am very
grateful.

However.

I started using GnuCash about 8 years ago, and I generally upgraded each
quarter as the new versions came out. My own experience in software led me
to delay doing the update for 7-10 days -- just in case there was a bug
that necessitated a re-release (and it happened just enough to make me glad
I waited from time to time).

I am still running 5.3 because (as has been documented here), the 5.4
windows release had a bug that left a process running.  "No problem", I
thought -- I'll just skip 5.4 and install 5.5 when it comes out.

Well, 5.5 is out, and it looks like the Scheduled Transactions no longer
function properly, especially in regard to variable placeholders. This is a
feature I used and cannot use GnuCash if this is broken. This makes 5.5
also unusable for me. This is the first time I can remember when I could
not download a new release - let alone two of them.

I don't know what the problem is or what the best solution is -- perhaps
everyone on this list could contribute a few dollars to give
the hardworking developers a chance to "re-charge", as it were? Perhaps
a quarter needs to be spent only fixing bugs and ignoring adding new
features? Perhaps the developers just need to take a break for a quarter?

I don't mean this at all in a harsh or critical way; I am just concerned
that a program I really like seems to be slipping somehow.

-- 
_________________________________
Richard Losey
rlosey at gmail.com
Micah 6:8