Gnucash

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 2.1.5

Notes:
 2.1.5 - 02 July 2007
         o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.5 aka "Release Candidate 2", the fifth of
         several unstable 2.1.x releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
         Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0.
         With this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft 
         Windows for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, 
         Solaris and Mac OSX.
         This release is intended for developers and testers who want to help
         tracking down bugs.
         o WARNING: Make sure you make backups of any files used in testing
         versions of GnuCash in the 2.1.x series. Although the developers go
         to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we cannot
         guarantee that your data will not be affected if for some reason
         GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
         o Please test any and all features important to you. Then post any
         bugs you find to bugzilla
         http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
         o Compared to the 2.0.x series, there are only very few user-visible
         new features, except for the completed port to the Microsoft Windows
         operating system. Minor new features compared to the 2.0.x series
         are;
         o Port to Microsoft Windows completed. Note that Windows 2000 or newer
         is required; GnuCash does not run on Windows 98 or 95.
         o The Scheduled Transaction list view is now improved and summarized
         more compactly. The Since-Last-Run dialog has been simplified.
         o SWIG is now used instead of g-wrap for providing language bindings.
         o Check printing has been improved, with new formats and simpler
         format descriptions.
         o Automatic saving of the data file was added.
         o DATA FILE NOTICE: In version 2.1.2 the format for scheduled
         transactions in the data file was changed. Files using the old format
         will be read without problems by this new version, but the new
         version of GnuCash only writes the new format. The new file format
         cannot be loaded by older versions of GnuCash. (If you try, the file
         will fail to be loaded with an error message.) As a result, if you
         begin using the new Gnucash, and you have data files with scheduled
         transactions, then these files will not be readable by older
         versions. If you have to make a new data file readable by older
         versions of GnuCash, this can be achived by deleting all records of
         scheduled transactions in the scheduled transaction editor.
         o Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.4 include:
         o Updated translations.
         o German translation of Online Banking wizard is activated on
         Windows.
         o Improvements to Windows packaging.
         o When adding custom reports to the menu, appropriate user feedback
         will be given.
         o Automatic saving of the data file was added.


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