Re: [GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread Les
Hi Michael: I am impressed with Snap, which seems to be a very elegant way to install apps.  I too hate to mess up my systems and waste a lot of time. On 04/18/2018 06:48 PM, Michael via gnucash-user wrote: > Thanks Les, I also used snap to put 2.6.21 on a test machine, also > Linux Mint, and

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread Michael via gnucash-user
Thanks Les, I also used snap to put 2.6.21 on a test machine, also Linux Mint, and it seems to be fine.  My first use of snap and took a while to find the executable.  Maybe  I'll try it for a while.  I was able to build 3.0 on the same machine, but there seem to be so many problem reports,

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread DaveC49
Hi , I upgraded from v2.6.19 to v3.0 recently. I had some initial build problems, mainly to do with not having cleared out the previous versions libraries and my own lack of understanding of CMake, but otherwise pretty painless. No problems opening my datafiles and so far looks good. There have

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread N B Day
On Wed, 2018-04-18 at 09:40 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018, Michael via gnucash-user wrote: > > > I have the same question wrt Linux. How about 2.6.21? > > Mike, > >I upgraded from 2.6.19 through 2.6.20 to 2.6.21 on Slackware-14.2. > GnuCashs works flawlessly. Because I

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018, Michael via gnucash-user wrote: I have the same question wrt Linux. How about 2.6.21? Mike, I upgraded from 2.6.19 through 2.6.20 to 2.6.21 on Slackware-14.2. GnuCashs works flawlessly. Because I have no compelling immediate need for the enhancements in 3.x I'm in no

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread Fross, Michael
I'm on Windows and have decided to wait a few months so that some of the bugs can get worked out. I did compile v3 on Linux and didn't have any issues with using it on a copy of my main datafile, but for "production" I don't think it hurts to wait a bit. There are some really interesting

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread Michael via gnucash-user
I have the same question wrt Linux.  How about 2.6.21?  Mike On 04/18/2018 08:45 AM, Jack Slater wrote: I'm running version 2.6.19 on a Windows 10 PC. I've seen several emails regarding crashes, freezes, errors, bugs,etc coming from upgrading to version 3. So is it safe? Should I wait? I

[GNC] Is it safe to update?

2018-04-18 Thread Jack Slater
I'm running version 2.6.19 on a Windows 10 PC. I've seen several emails regarding crashes, freezes, errors, bugs,etc coming from upgrading to version 3. So is it safe? Should I wait? I really don't want to mess up my weekly finance management process.