On 04/08/2018 07:02 PM, John Ralls wrote: > It's tied to unstable because that's been the primary working branch for the > last 6 months or so. > The testing period branches have been beaten to death here and in devel over > the last several months, > if you're really interested search the list archives or read > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git#Branches. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >> On Apr 8, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ok, I suppose. I would have EXPECTED a release to be built from the >> master branch. I don't understand why >> >> git clone https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash.git >> >> is tied to the unstable branch - but if it is, then it makes sense that >> you would want to reverse merge it down. Why do you do it that way? >> >> >> On 04/08/2018 01:31 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>> Oops, *my* bad. I released 3.0 from master instead of unstable. I’ve just >>> done a reverse merge to fix it, and merged back so everything's in sync. >>> Good thing you caught it before I shuffled the branches. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 8, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> My bad, I forgot what I did! I didn't build from the tarball. I built >>>> what I got from doing >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> which somehow brought down the unstable branch. >>>> >>>> Now I actually built from the tarball and got 3.0. Sorry for this noob >>>> error. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 04/08/2018 10:53 AM, Colin Law wrote: >>>>> How are you running it? Perhaps it is running the old version. Run >>>>> it by explicilty specifing the the full path the the executable from >>>>> the terminal, something like >>>>> /usr/local/bin/gnucash >>>>> or wherever you installed it. If still no joy check the timestamp on >>>>> the file you are running and make sure it matches when you built it. >>>>> >>>>> Colin >>>>> >>>>> On 8 April 2018 at 15:07, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 04/07/2018 09:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Apr 7, 2018, at 7:20 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 04/07/2018 09:38 AM, John Ralls wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 8:06 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 04/06/2018 02:39 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 04/06/2018 02:22 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm newly retired and have some time ... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have Ubuntu 14.0.4. I'm running GnuCash 2.6.1. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> But if I'm willing to build, is there any inherent reason why >>>>>>>>>>>>>> building >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.0 will fail in this environment? If not, I'll be willing to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> make the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> effort. I'd be glad for any information about bumps in the road >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> should know about in advance. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> We're using 14.04 for one of the CI builds, so you shouldn't have >>>>>>>>>>>>> any trouble. You might want to examine >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/unstable/util/ci/ubuntu-14.04-docker >>>>>>>>>>>>> to copy the packages you need to install. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you John. I'm noticing that the README file (from within >>>>>>>>>>>> the 3.0 >>>>>>>>>>>> tarball) is for version 2.6.x. Are more recent build instructions >>>>>>>>>>>> available elsewhere? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> The best current build instructions are cmake/README_CMAKE.txt. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>>>>> After a few hours of false starts, I managed to build GnuCash 3.0 on >>>>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu 14.0.4 system. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I had to use this command line: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> cmake -D ALLOW_OLD_GETTEXT=ON -D GTEST_ROOT=~/src/gtest/googletest -D >>>>>>>>>> GMOCK_ROOT=~/src/gtest/googlemock ~/src/gnucash >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The ALLOW_OLD_GETTEXT was necessary because I only had an earlier >>>>>>>>>> version of gettext and could find no way to install the required >>>>>>>>>> version >>>>>>>>>> without compiling it too and I didn't want to enter that path. What >>>>>>>>>> negative features will result from doing this, and is it avoidable >>>>>>>>>> under >>>>>>>>>> this environment? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I haven't tried installing it yet. Will it be necessary to uninstall >>>>>>>>>> the old one first, and what happens to my datafiles if I do that. In >>>>>>>>>> other words, what's the upgrade path here? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> For your personal use, no effect at all. It just means that some types >>>>>>>>> of files don’t have their translatable strings extracted into the >>>>>>>>> message catalog. That affects only translators working from git >>>>>>>>> instead >>>>>>>>> of a tarball. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> OK, I built it. It seems to run, look nice, in general, it seems to >>>>>>>> work. Haven't given it any difficult test yet. But, why does the >>>>>>>> Help->About screen say it's version 2.7.8, when I built from the 3.0 >>>>>>>> tarball? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hmm, it shouldn’t say that. The MacOS build that should be from the same >>>>>>> tarball says 3.0 on >>>>>>> Help->About. Did you get the tarball from SourceForge or Github? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>> I got the tarball from sourceforge: gnucash-3.0.tar.gz: 19,010,065 bytes >>>>>> from >>>>>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/gnucash-3.0.tar.gz. >>>>>> >>>>>> The link to >>>>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/3.0/gnucash-3.0.tar.gz >>>>>> downloads a file of the same exact size. >>>>>> >>>>>> So I'm certainly stumped. >>>>>> >>>>>> What file in the package contains/produces the version number? >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > thanks for all your help!
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