[GNC] Lightweight multi-user enhancement suggestion

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 7/15/2026 11:33 AM, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote:
> It occurred to me that, once a save has been completed, gnucash could delete the lock file.  This would allow either another user of networked files or a botch run for finance quotes to update the file.  If the running original gnucash goes to modify his memory or display a new page or report, a flag can tell it that it deleted the lock, and so check the age of the file and reload if necessary before creating a new lock file.  This is a lot of functionality and not a lot of code to get file sharing.

Supporting multiple concurrent users properly is a lot more complicated 
than that. Look up what a "database manger" does.

Michael D Novack