"It would be very cool if gnucash was available from a restful interface, so that a mobile app, a desktop app, any app could take advantage of it, regardless of where it was."
How difficult would it be to switch? -- Ryan M. Ward *Note: This email was sent from a computer running Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (Karmic Koala) http://www.ubuntu.com **Note: This signature was placed here by me and is not automatically-generated-annoying-end-of-email-spam placed here by anyone other than myself. I am a Linux nut and am doing my part to support open source software and the Linux and Ubuntu communities by getting the word out with each email I send, I encourage you to do the same. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: gnucash-android implementation (Three projects for Gnucash) > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:16:15 +0200 > CC: [email protected] > > On 06 Feb 2011, at 9:44 PM, Christian Stimming wrote: > > > There is no such interchange file format available as well at the > > moment. > > Again: Even though in gnucash we always insisted you have to use the > > existing > > C code, the situation now has changed and there is a significant > > user request > > which can technically be solved only by re-implementing everything > > in a > > different language that will access the SQL directly. > > > > So we, the gnucash team, have to reconsider our original point of > > view and > > should better get to live with the new changed situation... > > One of the big downsides of the SQL format in it's current > implementation is it's very difficult to share, and people would share > the database between a mobile device and say a desktop device, or you > might want to share your database with the accountant who does your tax. > > Sure, you could send them a dump of the whole thing every time, but if > they make changes, they have to merge them back with yours, which is > less than ideal. > > We currently keep the XML file in an svn repository, and mandate that > anybody who works on the gnucash file must lock the file before making > changes. It takes discipline, but everyone has access to the latest > version when necessary. > > It would be very cool if gnucash was available from a restful > interface, so that a mobile app, a desktop app, any app could take > advantage of it, regardless of where it was. > > Regards, > Graham > -- > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
