On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 11:51 PM Edwin Booth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi. When a new update comes out, I’ve been downloading it and simply > replacing the previous version without saving that older version. Is that a > good idea? Or should I hang onto the earlier version until I know the new > one is working properly? If so, how would I do that? > It's generally fine; the people that work on GnuCash are dedicated and rarely release buggy releases. There are a few things to consider: 1 - how good is your backup system? In the awful case where a new version corrupts your data file, could you recover? 2 - how critical is GnuCash? Some use it as an aid to track their personal bank accounts and track expenses; others run small businesses with it, and it may be the only place some of their data lies. 3 - Are you comfortable with setting up a test environment? You could, for example, create a virtual machine, copy your data file to it, install the new version of GnuCash, and then use it there for while before installing the new version onto your main system There are many people that get new versions of GnuCash as soon as it comes out. Personally, I just wait for a few weeks and monitor this group to see if any bugs show up in the new release. If users haven't found anything of significance to me, I'll go ahead and install the new version. I would not try to keep both an old and a new version of GnuCash on the same machine... whenever you do install it, just replace it. I believe that you can download older versions and re-install them, if you wind up needing to do so. -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
