Re: Upgrading to 2.7 series

2018-03-13 Thread elvis
Thanks John for the comprehensive answer, I will hold off until 3.0 On 14/03/18 00:30, John Ralls wrote: On Mar 13, 2018, at 4:47 AM, elvis wrote: Hi, I run Gnucash under Gentoo and it has recently recommended it be upgraded to 2.7.4 Currently I use 2.6.15 I was

Re: Upgrading to 2.7 series

2018-03-13 Thread John Ralls
> On Mar 13, 2018, at 4:47 AM, elvis wrote: > > Hi, > > I run Gnucash under Gentoo and it has recently recommended it be upgraded to > 2.7.4 > > > Currently I use 2.6.15 > > I was wondering if there was any real problem with doing this? I understand > the database

Re: Upgrading to 2.7 series

2018-03-13 Thread farleykj
As I understand it, the 2.7 series is an unstable developmental version of the program, not intended for production use. By its very nature it will have bugs, 'cause that's part of the process of testing it and making improvements. In short, if you're just using the program, I'd not fiddle with

Upgrading to 2.7 series

2018-03-13 Thread elvis
Hi, I run Gnucash under Gentoo and it has recently recommended it be upgraded to 2.7.4 Currently I use 2.6.15 I was wondering if there was any real problem with doing this? I understand the database changes format, that's not a problem. Thanks Lawrence