Well put George! That's exactly how I see it too
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonhandcockaustralia On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 12:56 PM, George Riner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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