> On Jan 30, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Am 30.01.2017 um 18:25 schrieb Geert Janssens: >> Op maandag 30 januari 2017 21:35:20 CET schreef David T.: >>> It occurs to me, though, that John’s comments regarding possible repackaging >>> for the Mac make me wonder more generally whether information that is >>> intended to be short term (such as this) really belongs in the >>> documentation. I am reminded of the What’s New section, which was recently >>> removed from the Guide in acknowledgement of the website being a better >>> location for this. Temporary transitory information such as this is a poor >>> fit in the documentation, as it either forces some person to monitor and >>> change the information all the time (which is a challenge), or it ends up >>> being dated and misleading to users. >>> >> This took me by surprise. I didn't see any mention of John's intentions to >> change this. Had to dig back in the archives to find this indeed buried in >> the >> "Change storage format of existing data" thread, which I admit to have >> skimmed >> only before due to time restraints. That's good news of course! >> >>> I do not know what the best solution in this broader situation is; I am open >>> to suggestions. In the meantime, I will see whether I can work out language >>> that both addresses the issue and mitigates the editorial burden. >> >> Well, current documentation is for the 2.6 release in which the sql backend >> on >> OSX only supports sqlite. So that's the information which should be in the >> 2.6 >> docs. I believe this can be one short note at the spot where you explain >> which >> sql types are supported. It doesn't need much elaboration. >> >> If John does find the time to fix this for 2.8 (which I surely hope!), the >> accompanying documentation needs an update. The trick will be to remember at >> that point this needs updating... >> >> Alternatively you can hold off the PR for this piece of information until it >> will be more clear whether or not this will happen for 2.8. >> >> I can't think of better options ATM. >> >> Geert > > In the wiki I would write something like "Since version 2.x.y the Quartz > package includes SQLite support." >
"2.x.y" would be 2.4.0. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
