Interesting interpretation of what the period (or 'dot') symbol means as punctuation between the levels of revisions in the releases. It does not mean a decimal fraction part thereof. It is more representative of say an outline level, such as what Microsoft Word would produce if one had subheadings numbered 1 through 18 - the ones numbered 1 through 9 would not have a zero and I think most people would readily understand that 3 is less than 18.
2.6.18 means the 18th revision of the 6th version of release 2. If the future versions of gnucash proceed up to "2.10", I don't think the developers should expected to go back and renumber 2.1 to 2.01; 2.2 to 2.02; etc.; Nor should they have been expected to start that numbering at the outset not knowing if they would even get to a 2.10 before getting to release 3.0 : George -- -- -- Sent by Droid. On November 21, 2017 5:59:54 PM PST, Alan Whiteman <[email protected]> wrote: >I think the confusion is that .3 is generally accepted (here in the >U.S., anyway) as "0.30". > >so .3 = .30 > >Perhaps the number method should be 2.6.03 instead of 2.6.3... For the >future, of course. > >On 11/21/2017 11:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> Please keep replies on the list as it may help others. >> >> Yes, 2.6.18 is newer. Each number between the periods is a separate >number and 18 is greater than 3. >> >> In general, do not download the 2.7.x versions as those are beta >releases for the next version unless you are testing those with other >data (i.e., don't run a 2.7 with the only copy of your actual data >file). >> >> Dave >> >>> On Nov 21, 2017, at 12:34 PM, Sean Perlmutter ><[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Dave, >>> >>> Just requested access to the list. But looking for an answer >quickly. Saw your reply re the issue below and thought I’d contact you >directly. Hope that’s ok. >>> >>> I’ve got the same issue: Just updated to High Sierra, now GnuCash >won’t open. And I can’t find Gnucash.app/contents/Resources/lib. >>> >>> I see your workaround is to just update to the newest version of >GnuCash. Which I’m happy to do. But something is odd. >>> >>> I have version 2.6.3, installed March 2014. And the GnuCash homepage >shows the most recent version as 2.6.18. The version number is lower! >Am I missing something? Is that more recent than 2.6.3? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for your help. >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Peter Schoonmaker <petermschoonmaker >at gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve used Gnucash for several years and I love it. But, I’m a >complete novice about the technical side of Gnucash and I need very >basic help. I understand that the following is a fix or work around my >recent problem: >>> >>> >>> >>> copy /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib to Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib >>> >>> >>> >>> However, I don’t know what the above line means nor how to >implement it. In other words, how do I copy /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib to >Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib? >>> >>> >>> >>> I’m embarrassed to admit my lack of knowledge, but I would need a >step by step description in order to fix this problem on my MacBook >Pro. >>> >>> >>> >>> I don’t even know the version of Gnucash that I’m running. I don’t >want to lose my data from the last few years. Is it safe to try to >reinstall Gnucash with the latest version? >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve thought about moving my Gnucash data from my current computer >to another Mac that’s running an older operating system than High >Sierra, but I don’t even know how to begin to do that. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, in advance, for any assistance you can give me. I’ve >copied this message to my regular email address so I won’t miss any >replies. Thanks again. >>> >>> >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >>> That fix is only needed if you're running an old version. The easier >solution is to download the latest gnucash for Mac which no longer >requires that fix. >>> >>> Copying it to another computer requires knowledge of where the data >file you are using is stored. If your only goal is to get gnucash >running again, just install the latest version on the High Sierra >computer. If you still want to move it to another computer, we'll need >to figure out where your data file is installed. I'm not at a computer >with gnucash installed right now so I can't check how to tell that. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >----- >Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
