John, I was not clear. I really wanted clarification from the developers. I suspect that you may not be using features that are not compatible between the versions as I know that there are some features that are not backward compatible.
David C On Mon, May 14, 2018, 7:59 PM John Pastore <jrpast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if you meant you need clarification from ME or ...? > > Anyway, here's my history: > > 1) Created original data file using GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS > > 2) Months later installed GNC 2.6.19 on Win 7 and copied datafile from #1 > with no issues. > - this datafile included (1) monthly scheduled transaction and about (20) > securities each with about (5) manual price history updates > > 3) Weeks later installed GNC 3.1 on Win 7 and used same datafile from #2 > with no issues. > > 4) Weeks later got Finance::Quote automatic price updates working via > AlphaVantage on #3. > > 5) Days later copied datafile from #4 back to GNC 2.6.12 on Ubuntu. > Everything looked fine including: > - scheduled transaction notice for monthly transaction whose date had > since passed by > - price history for all securities including more recent entries from > Finance::Quote > - security details including (to my surprise) updated source for online > updates to "Unknown:AlphaVantage" from "Single:Vanguard" (which had never > worked) for all (20) securities. > > 6) Days later (just now) copied most recent datafile from #4 back to GNC > 2.6.12 on Ubuntu just to see if prior success had been a fluke. Everything > still looks fine. > > Hope this history is helpful. > > John > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:22 PM, David Carlson < > david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We need clarification on this because I recall seeing that files touched >> by testing releases in the 2.7 group and 3.0 and 3.1 were changed so they >> were no longer readable by releases prior to 2.6.21. >> >> David C >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:45 PM, John Pastore <jrpast...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I reviewed FAQ section 3.3, but it does not cover more recent versions of >>> Gnucash. >>> >>> I use Gnucash 3.1 on Windows (7) and Gnucash 2.6.12 on Linux (Ubuntu >>> 16.04 >>> LTS), soon to transition to 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. >>> >>> Data file portability appears to be fine in both directions, but I just >>> want to make sure there are no specific cases that might result in data >>> file corruption. >>> >>> Any advice much appreciated! >>> >>> John >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.