Re: [GNC-dev] Import roadmap

2024-02-04 Thread Brian Rater
Great. Thank you for the insights. Before I got overwhelmed with work and other commitments last year, I was experimenting with a set of base classes that would replace the lower level qof infrastructure. As part of that, I was also looking at an alternative xml concept where xml provided some

Re: [GNC-dev] Import roadmap

2024-02-04 Thread john
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. I understand the reluctance

Re: [GNC-dev] Import roadmap

2024-02-04 Thread John Ralls
> On Feb 4, 2024, at 12:11 PM, Brian Rater wrote: > > I've been looking at the import code and documentation and I'm wondering > what the overall plan and path is. It looks like there is a "generic" > implementation in the top level directory which has utilities that are > being converted to

[GNC-dev] Import roadmap

2024-02-04 Thread Brian Rater
I've been looking at the import code and documentation and I'm wondering what the overall plan and path is. It looks like there is a "generic" implementation in the top level directory which has utilities that are being converted to C++. I can see the importers making some calls into this. What