On Monday, February 5th, 2024 at 12:36, john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > Those XML changes sound like the wrong direction. > XML code needs to stay in libgnucash/backend, not get mixed in with > engine/QOF, > especially since the long-range plan is to turn XML into a backup format > with SQL being the primary storage and data access mechanism.
As someone who's always liked the ability to view/edit the XML (OK, make that any plain text format) might I ask what is meant by "backup format", within the context of that plan? I'm struggling to think of what use a "backup" file, XML or otherwise, that one wouldn't be able to "restore" from, as in with File->Open, would be. Either an XML file encapsulates/serialises the GNC Book, as it was when it was backed up, or it doesn't, in which case how would such a file be used to do a "restore from backup"? _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
