Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)

2024-04-29 Thread R Losey
Certainly I'd trust what John says over what most others say. On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 2:57 PM David Carlson wrote: > Richard, it is the conventional wisdom to consider each major release to > be like the tire deflators at the parking garage exit. However, John is > one of the primary

Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)

2024-04-29 Thread David Carlson
Richard, it is the conventional wisdom to consider each major release to be like the tire deflators at the parking garage exit. However, John is one of the primary developers and he would know if this was an exceptional time when it would be ok to back over a major release barrier. That said,

Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)

2024-04-29 Thread R Losey
I just a very similar question a little while ago (I ran 4.x on Linux and 5.x on Windows & iMac). At that time, they recommended that I use the same major version everywhere, so I used flatpack to bring my Linux system up to 5.x. On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM Fred Tydeman wrote: > Will I

Re: [GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)

2024-04-28 Thread john
> On Apr 28, 2024, at 9:07 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > Will I run into problems if I use both GnuCash 4.14 and 5.6 on the same > file / book? > That is, 4.14 is on my current production Linux system and where I use > Gnucash. > I have installed a later Linux system on a different disk

[GNC] Use 4.14 and 5.6 on same file (at different times)

2024-04-28 Thread Fred Tydeman
Will I run into problems if I use both GnuCash 4.14 and 5.6 on the same file / book? That is, 4.14 is on my current production Linux system and where I use Gnucash. I have installed a later Linux system on a different disk partition and it has Gnucash 5.6 If I were to use Gnucash 5.6 to enter some