Am Sonntag, 6. Februar 2011 schrieb Ryan M. Ward: > "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?
It means re-writing everything from scratch. By everything, I mean: everything. Regards, Christian > > > From: minf...@sharp.fm > > To: stimm...@tuhh.de > > Subject: Re: gnucash-android implementation (Three projects for Gnucash) > > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:16:15 +0200 > > CC: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > > > 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 > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
