-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hm, I thought of a release notice that sounds a little bit more like an official announcement. I wrote a quick draft -- maybe, Dave, if you like it, feel free to use it in parts or as a whole. I would like to translate the final announcement to German as well :) This is NOT the official announcement. GnuCash 1.6 won't be released before June 10th. Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBOx6EbmXAi+BfhivFAQE30AP/Zd23ckE2isJaUd+yu6LTLz/uXnZED+8k NjpjaYaRQTF3X6FXEv5Z/ZDArieOKCQh2vjSMpyfRKnpjKdl9uPDpIc9+v0Z83st abo/VnpknGRRtg7hPh+ETR1vAZZhKkA31QQw1s6VzP83uvnT6Inm0lmEfpd+pGnn GVCsmf+Wmrw= =wKBg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
June 11, 2001 (The INTERNET) The GnuCash Development Team http://www.gnucash.org proudly announces the release of GnuCash 1.6, the GNU personal finance manager for Linux/Unix. GnuCash features a full account hierarchy manager, a checkbook-like register GUI to enter transactions, and a full set of reports to visualize the state of the finances. The new release comes with a configurable main window, a much improved checking and general ledger entry window, and over ten completely new graphical reports including pie charts and bar charts using the GNU plot program Guppi http://www.gnome.org/guppi . Version 1.6 is the first stable GnuCash release to use the new XML file format. The old binary files are converted automatically. The new XML format opens the door to further feature extensions and growing support of small business type applications. Though the user interface is designed to be simple and easy to use, it is backed with double-entry accounting principles to ensure balanced books. For new users, the newly introduced account hierarchy creation druid helps to get started, and the latest introductory documentation is more exhaustive than ever. Existing financial data from e.g. Quicken or MS Money can easily be imported by the much improved QIF importer. GnuCash is available for free under the GNU Public License (GPL) from the GnuCash server http://www.gnucash.org and its mirrors. Thanks go to all the translators, testers, and bug reporters who made this release possible. Downloading and Compiling GnuCash The source packages for GnuCash are availaible for free download at ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/... GnuCash 1.6 requires the Gnome 1.4 platform, Guppi, slib, and g-wrap. The detailed requirements can be found here http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml . For further intructions on compiling and installing GnuCash, please consult the README in the source package. Installing Binary Packages At the time of this release, pre-compiled packages are available for * RedHat xx.yy * Debian ... ------------------------ Trademark notice: Linux is a registered Trademark of Linus Thorvalds. ------------------------ Press Contacts: United States: Gnumatic/Dave/Linas... Portugal: Duarte Loreto ?? Germany: Christian Stimming??
