> On Feb 25, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Tommy Trussell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Earlier today on gnucash-user I suggested the next LTS version of Ubuntu, > 16.04 "Xenial Xarus" would include GnuCash 2.6.11. After I wrote that > message I checked [1] and found that's not exactly correct... according to > the release schedule [2] Ubuntu Xenial's Debian Import Freeze occurred a > few days ago. While the import picked up the 2.6.11 version of the > documentation package, the software is still at version 2.6.9. I believe > the mis-match should not be a problem for the documentation package. > > HOWEVER I wish the repository did not contain GnuCash 2.6.9. That version > has a major QIF import bug and a few other important things that were fixed > in 2.6.11 (see the announcement at gnucash.org for a list). > > As we have seen, some fraction of Ubuntu users (including me) plus a number > of other linux distros use the Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) repository. > That's why for almost two years we've had to talk many folks through > updating from the unusually buggy version 2.6.1 of GnuCash in the Ubuntu > 14.04 LTS "Trusty" repository. > > I want to create a bug to petition to get 2.6.11 into Ubuntu 16.04 LTS > "Xenial," as described in [3]. > > Unfortunately I may need some help; it looks like before the bug gets > accepted it needs the Ubuntu deb source package (and the build logs to > prove it works). > > Does anyone here have a the necessary skills? Would it be unfair to use the > getdeb source package (maybe with a few minor textual updates for Xenial)? > > I just finished downloading a daily image of Xenial [4] but I haven't yet > tried to build GnuCash in it. > > I'm willing to tackle this myself but I am slow. Maybe someone else on > these lists is closer than I am already. > > P.S: > 1) I find the Debian Tracker [5] useful. > 2) I don't know of a way to get items from the getdeb.net repository > without adding it to your sources.list, but of course it's easy enough to > add a deb-src entry, apt-get update, grab gnucash using apt-get source, > then remove it again. > > [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/gnucash > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule > [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess > [4] http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ > [5] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gnucash
Yeah, but you might have asked on the wrong list: Sébastien Villemot, the Debian packager, has posted from time to time on gnucash-user but not here on gnucash-devel. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
