Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)
Certainly I'd trust what John says over what most others say. On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 2:57 PM David Carlson wrote: > Richard, it is the conventional wisdom to consider each major release to > be like the tire deflators at the parking garage exit. However, John is > one of the primary developers and he would know if this was an exceptional > time when it would be ok to back over a major release barrier. That said, > there are a variety of issues such that some features may not work > correctly in one release or another, as discussed at great length here. > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 1:55 PM R Losey wrote: > >> I just a very similar question a little while ago (I ran 4.x on Linux and >> 5.x on Windows & iMac). At that time, they recommended that I use the same >> major version everywhere, so I used flatpack to bring my Linux system up >> to >> 5.x. >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM Fred Tydeman >> wrote: >> >> > Will I run into problems if I use both GnuCash 4.14 and 5.6 on the same >> > file / book? >> > That is, 4.14 is on my current production Linux system and where I use >> > Gnucash. >> > I have installed a later Linux system on a different disk partition and >> it >> > has Gnucash 5.6 >> > If I were to use Gnucash 5.6 to enter some data, and then switch back to >> > 4.14, will the >> > data / book be OK? >> > ___ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > - >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > >> >> >> -- >> _ >> Richard Losey >> rlo...@gmail.com >> Micah 6:8 >> ___ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> - >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > > -- > David Carlson > -- _ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)
Richard, it is the conventional wisdom to consider each major release to be like the tire deflators at the parking garage exit. However, John is one of the primary developers and he would know if this was an exceptional time when it would be ok to back over a major release barrier. That said, there are a variety of issues such that some features may not work correctly in one release or another, as discussed at great length here. On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 1:55 PM R Losey wrote: > I just a very similar question a little while ago (I ran 4.x on Linux and > 5.x on Windows & iMac). At that time, they recommended that I use the same > major version everywhere, so I used flatpack to bring my Linux system up to > 5.x. > > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM Fred Tydeman > wrote: > > > Will I run into problems if I use both GnuCash 4.14 and 5.6 on the same > > file / book? > > That is, 4.14 is on my current production Linux system and where I use > > Gnucash. > > I have installed a later Linux system on a different disk partition and > it > > has Gnucash 5.6 > > If I were to use Gnucash 5.6 to enter some data, and then switch back to > > 4.14, will the > > data / book be OK? > > ___ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > - > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > -- > _ > Richard Losey > rlo...@gmail.com > Micah 6:8 > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)
I just a very similar question a little while ago (I ran 4.x on Linux and 5.x on Windows & iMac). At that time, they recommended that I use the same major version everywhere, so I used flatpack to bring my Linux system up to 5.x. On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM Fred Tydeman wrote: > Will I run into problems if I use both GnuCash 4.14 and 5.6 on the same > file / book? > That is, 4.14 is on my current production Linux system and where I use > Gnucash. > I have installed a later Linux system on a different disk partition and it > has Gnucash 5.6 > If I were to use Gnucash 5.6 to enter some data, and then switch back to > 4.14, will the > data / book be OK? > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)
> On Apr 28, 2024, at 9:07 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > Will I run into problems if I use both GnuCash 4.14 and 5.6 on the same > file / book? > That is, 4.14 is on my current production Linux system and where I use > Gnucash. > I have installed a later Linux system on a different disk partition and it > has Gnucash 5.6 > If I were to use Gnucash 5.6 to enter some data, and then switch back to > 4.14, will the > data / book be OK? That should be OK. GnuCash has a collection of "features" that reflect changes to the datafile when a newer version makes changes that aren't backwards compatible. Once a feature is set older versions of GnuCash that don't support that feature will refuse to open the book. The features are enumerated in https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/stable/libgnucash/engine/gnc-features.cpp and the latest requirement is GnuCash 4.3 so as of now that and all later versions of GnuCash are fully data-compatible. Regards, John Ralls ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)
Will I run into problems if I use both GnuCash 4.14 and 5.6 on the same file / book? That is, 4.14 is on my current production Linux system and where I use Gnucash. I have installed a later Linux system on a different disk partition and it has Gnucash 5.6 If I were to use Gnucash 5.6 to enter some data, and then switch back to 4.14, will the data / book be OK? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
