[GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.12 Released
John Ralls
jralls at ceridwen.us
Mon Jun 30 12:36:00 EDT 2025
Brad,
Thanks for the feedback, but please do not contact GnuCash developers off-list unless expressly told to do so.
Sorry about the 5.10 references, those are left over mistakes from the previous announcement. I’ll try to be more dilligent next time.
As noted in that paragraph about dependencies, the canonical list is at https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/stable/README.dependencies. There are a couple of minor discrepancies (e.g. gtk 3.22.29 in the announcement, gtk 3.22.30 in README.Dependencies) and as noted the list isn’t complete. It would perhaps be better to refer the reader to https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building.
There’s no discrepancy in bug fixes: As always there are several for the program itself (the first list); this time there are none for the documentation. The last time the documentation had a bug fix was 5.6.
I don’t have *anything* to do with Meta, Inc.
Regards,
John Ralls
> On Jun 30, 2025, at 06:32, Brad Morrison <bradmorrison at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> I wanted to note some feedback on this standard GnuCash new release email:
>
> - the 5.12 version number is not always used in this email. In the "Getting GnuCash as source code" section it lists 5.10 once and in the "Getting the documentation" it lists 5.10 twice.
>
> - In the "Documentation" section, it lists "Between 5.11 and 5.12, no bugfixes were accomplished." which seems contradicted by the line "Between 5.11 and 5.12, the following bugfixes were accomplished:" at the top, "GnuCash 5.12 Released" section.
>
> - "Getting the documentation" is listed twice in that section.
>
> - Is the "To compile GnuCash from the source code by yourself, you will need at least" current? Some of the dependency versions look inaccurate/old, but I'm not sure exactly which dependencies apply to which version of GnuCash. It might be easier to just include a link to where the current build instructions are, rather than updating every future release email manually.
>
> - I would also include a link to the donation page in the " About the Program" section - https://www.gnucash.org/donate.phtml The first line from that webpage might also be included, "GnuCash is Free Software and is made available free of charge. Your donation, which is purely optional, supports our worldwide community. If you like the software, please consider a donation. We are only a handfull of developers and other volunteers serving countless users worldwide."
>
> - I'm not sure if you are responsible for this, but the GnuCash Facebook page might also need to be updated for the new 5.12 version - https://www.facebook.com/GnuCash
>
> There are probably some other improvements that could be made, but that's a good start.
>
> You know this stuff far better than I do, so I am just trying to clean up the presentation a little...
>
>
>
> ---
> Thanks,
>
> Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ & https://nextdoor.com/profile/01mP46jj8KCzj3sP4 & https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison
>
>
> On 2025-06-29 20:34, John Ralls wrote:
>
>> **** NOTICE! AT THE TIME OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WE CAN'T UPDATE THE GNUCASH MAIN WEBSITE. ****
>> You can get the current download links at https://www.gnucash.org/beta or at the Github and Sourceforge links at the bottom of this email.
>> ****
>>
>> GnuCash 5.12 Released
>>
>> The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 5.12, the thirteenth release in the stable 5.x series.
>> Between 5.11 and 5.12, the following bugfixes were accomplished:
>>
>> Bug 648768 - Warning "Change Reconciled Split" has wrong cursor focus
>> Bug 797766 - Automatic decimal point doesn't work properly with zeros when entering stocks.
>>
>> Preserve the decimal point when printing numbers with no decimal places to stop the auto-decimal code from triggering when exiting the field.
>> Bug 799490 - Error on start or opening a gnucash file: Can't parse the URL
>> Bug 799506 - reconcile bad date pops to 1969
>> Bug 799521 - Segmentation fault on Autocomplete of Description with ß
>> Bug 799572 - Return proper status code when Finance::Quote errors during price quote retrieval via CLI.
>> Bug 799580 - Swiss currency symbol is displayed as SFr. instead of CHF
>>
>> Replace SFr. with Fr. as SFr. is obsolete but Fr. is still widely used. This is the local symbol so users who want CHF can set it in the security editor.
>> Bug 799582 - Mortgage and Loan Assistant - Compounding Formula
>>
>> Adds a semi-annual compounding period for Canadians and implements the more correct simple-rate formula provided by a Canadian licensed accountant. Also adds support for day-interval loan payments, ensures that the formula on the repayment page reflects changes on that page, ensures that the number and amounts of payments are correct when payments are more frequent than monthly, use the correct intest rate for compunding calculations, and fixes some memory issues.
>> Bug 799590 - Pressing enter after changing date on initial reconcile information window does not change ending balance.
>> Bug 799592 - "No transactions found" when importing CSV transactions
>> Bug 799593 - macOS: mariadb hardcodes plugin paths to original install directory.
>> Bug 799594 - GnuCash 5.12 fails to build with boost 1.88
>> Bug 799597 - Crash when deleting all splits in General Journal
>> Bug 799602 - Unit Price on Invoice will NOT display as decimals
>> Bug 799603 - Does not save to mysql on localhost.
>> Bug 799623 - test-backend-dbi fails after 2038
>>
>> The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:
>>
>> [reports]Lazily generate sub-reports. Reports with links to detail sub-reports like the budget reports would take a long time to generate because they built both the main report and all of the sub-reports. Now the sub-reports generate when the user clicks the link in the main report.
>> Security editor quote sources: Add new source, China Merchants Bank. Remove no longer supported F::Q Modules Bloomberg.pm, DWSFunds, Investor's Exchange (U.S.), Morningstar Australia, Skanddinaviska Enskilda Banken, Tiaacref.pm, Troweprice.pm and many of the multi-source sources from the Security Editor.
>> [import-main-matcher.cpp] Add tooltips to transaction A, U+C, and C action columns in the generic transaction import matcher.
>> [reports] Use ICU for Unicode string comparison and substring search because it knows how to correctly localize comparisons of accented and unaccented characters.
>> [reports] more robust error handling if target report doesn't exist.
>> Register: Ensure splits belong to transaction when doing bulk operations on a transaction's splits.
>> Drop the definition of __EXTENSIONS__ from three files and instead move it to compiler options if on a platform that needs it.
>> Avoid non-POSIX "echo -n" behavior in util/gnc-vcs-info.
>> Add testbuild target which builds tests without running them to accommodate packaging processes that run ctest separately.
>> [engine.i] convert gnc_account_accumulate_at_dates to c++.
>> [gnc-engine-guile.cpp] helper gnc_split_to_scm function.
>> [gnc-engine-guile] reduce overhead of gnc_foo_to_scm by caching the result of SWIG_TypeQuery(typestr)
>> [balance-forecast] optimise some loops: fewer temporary lists and gc
>> Let cmake probe for the existence of HAVE_STRUCT_TM_GMTOFF, fix build of test-gnc-date on systems without HAVE_STRUCT_TM_GMTOFF, and avoid unused variable warnings on systems without HAVE_STRUCT_TM_GMTOFF
>> Wrap include of gtest.h and gmock.h with a warning-silencing pragma. See https://github.com/google/googletest/issues/4701 The warnings cause the Arch Linux CI to fail because of -Werror.
>> Fixed GetInvoiceFromTxn to convert to the right type of Python object for a GncInvoice.
>> [test-report-utilities] more tests for gnc:account-accumulate-at-dates testing balances at date boundaries
>>
>> New and Updated Translations: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified Han script), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
>>
>> Help translate GnuCash on Weblate: https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/gnucash/
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Between 5.11 and 5.12, no bugfixes were accomplished.
>> The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:
>>
>> German translation: Fix some typos
>> German translation: Remove the Finance::Quote appendix. The content has been moved to the wiki.
>>
>> Updated` Translations: German.
>>
>> Getting GnuCash for Windows and MacOS
>>
>> GnuCash is provided for both Microsoft Windows 10® 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.
>>
>> GnuCash is also available as a flatpak from Flathub.org. Instructions for installing and running: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak
>>
>> The SHA256 Hashes for the downloadable files are:
>>
>> b35b4756be12bcfdbed54468f30443fa53f238520a9cead5bde2e6c4773fbf39 gnucash-5.12.tar.bz2
>> fa279ac0378b1860ede15a8b6645628e17e7e94df496d69be8fd5d20a570ccc7 gnucash-5.12.tar.gz
>> 55e03a7161d9dc34309a453b85d0e16f1e58f4b7f7b4b2b17aa8be03d538f863 gnucash-5.12.setup.exe
>> a1f7454d07bfb536e641ccf9423b51f00dbd2374d8097d5ac5b918159832cc37 Gnucash-Arm-5.12-1.dmg
>> 090d197df67926823360ee8bfaacffa60c10f467036080fd2a83f9f96bdebc40 Gnucash-Intel-5.12-1.dmg
>> c2a67aef439f25b8e3d43cf5cc29756fae0e82e252f0abf059b35663594ea994 gnucash-docs-5.12.tar.gz
>>
>> Microsoft Windows:
>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.12/gnucash-5.12.setup.exe
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.12/gnucash-5.12.setup.exe
>>
>> Apple macOS:
>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.12/Gnucash-Arm-5.12-1.dmg
>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.12/Gnucash-Intel-5.12-1.dmg
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.12/Gnucash-Arm-5.12-1.dmg
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.12/Gnucash-Intel-5.12-1.dmg
>>
>> Getting GnuCash as source code
>> If you want to compile GnuCash 5.10 for yourself, the source code can be downloaded from:
>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.12/gnucash-5.12.tar.bz2
>> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.12/gnucash-5.12.tar.gz
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.12/gnucash-5.12.tar.bz2
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.12/gnucash-5.12.tar.gz
>>
>> You can also checkout the sources directly from the git repository as described at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git.
>>
>> To compile GnuCash from the source code by yourself, you will need at least Gtk+ 3.22.29, Guile 2.0, Boost 1.67, WebKitGtk 2.4, GoogleTest 1.8.0, cmake 3.14.5 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
>>
>> Getting the documentation
>>
>> The documentation is available at Documentation page of the GnuCash website. The 5.10 documentation can be found under "GnuCash v5 (current stable release)" in multiple languages both for reading online and for download in pdf, epub, and mobi formats. The documentation is also included in the MacOS and Windows application bundles.
>>
>> If you want to compile the GnuCash Documentation 5.10 for yourself, the source code can be downloaded from:
>>
>> Sourceforge: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.12/gnucash-docs-5.12.tar.gz
>> GitHub: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/5.12/gnucash-docs-5.12.tar.gz
>>
>> You can also checkout the sources directly from the git repository as described at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
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