The OP also has a step two to migrate to a new machine presumably running Windows 11. Once the data is in the release 5.x form with the detail changes therein, he will want to make a copy of said file on some external medium or cloud for use on his new machine. I would personally recommend permanently keeping his data on that external medium along with backups on some other external medium, possibly a cloud drive. If he has custom reports or other "user' customization to copy to his new machine, there is a section in the GnuCash FAQ.s about doing that.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM Adrien Monteleone < [email protected]> wrote: > Correct. You can go from 4.last to 5.current without needing to attempt > 5.0 in between. > > There *might* have been some differences though with earlier versions to > 4.x. I think there was a mid-version migration done somewhere but I > don't recall if it was the 2.6.x or 3.x series. (note, versioning > changed with 3.x!) However, even then, I think the code remained and you > weren't required to use a specific point release to successfully upgrade. > > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 9/24/25 7:17 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > > On 2025-09-24 17:04, Paul Kroitor wrote: > >> Well, perhaps, but assuming a dev put code in version X.00 to migrate > an older structure used in version X-1.yy, who would ever remove that > migration code in subsequent versions in the version X line? > >> > >> In other words, if 5.00 has migration code to convert from 4.x, surely > that code is still in 5.12. > > > > I think that must be true. Otherwise the standard advice, which is to > > upgrade to last sub-version of each major version (2.x, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x) > > would make no sense. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
