On 2/23/2010 12:44 PM, Christian Stimming wrote:
[...]
You can always add kvp_frame entries at some of gnucash's top-level objects,
like the Book, Account, Transaction, or Split. See e.g. the Notes field of an
Account in xaccAccountSetNotes / xaccAccountGetNotes in engine/Account.c.
The kvp data is transparently read and written again by all earlier versions.
At least for XML, this is currently our most efficient solution when adding
new fields without breaking backwards compatiblity.
Appreciate the pointers as to where to consider looking. I've been
looking at using "user preferences" and that seemed to work. Always open
to suggestions.
[...]
Is there supposed to be guaranteed backward compatibility for anything
but the XML backend?
As Derek said: The previous stable series 2.2.x only had XML backend, so the
new backends don't have to be backwards compatible to anything. It would be a
good time to build in some functionality to offer such a guarantee in the
future, though...
Good to know -- I recall something about PostgreSQL or some other older
option. Cutting down the test matrix is always a good thing!
Looking forward to making some meaningful contributions here as I learn
to love gnc-numerics and all their friends.
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