I think there's a page on the Gnucash wiki with a summary. Nick.
-----Original Message----- From: Christian Doyle Sent: 11/04/2011 14:34:58 To: Ryan M. Ward Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org Subject: Re: Budget, cash flow and scheduled transactions - roadmap? Does anyone have a link to where this has been discussed previously? On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Ryan M. Ward <silvercro_mag...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Ok, not to send a bunch of emails out but I am not sure if my original > message forwarded. So here it is: > > "enhancing > the budgeting feature is a big priority for me as well, I have not had > the time lately to work on it myself but if a team were to form, I would > gladly join, time permitting." > > -- > Ryan M. Ward > > *Note: This email was sent from a computer running Ubuntu Linux 9.10 > (Karmic Koala) > http://www.ubuntu.com > > **Note: This signature was placed here by me and is not > automatically-generated-annoying-end-of-email-spam placed here by anyone > other than myself. I am a Linux nut and am doing my part to support open > source software and the Linux and Ubuntu communities by getting the word out > with each email I send, I encourage you to do the same. > > > > > > From: silvercro_mag...@hotmail.com > > To: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > Subject: FW: Budget, cash flow and scheduled transactions - roadmap? > > Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:02:18 +0000 > > > > > > Dang it, hitting reply does not always post to the list. > > > > -- > > Ryan M. Ward > > > > *Note: This email was sent from a computer running Ubuntu Linux 9.10 > (Karmic Koala) > > http://www.ubuntu.com > > > > **Note: This signature was placed here by me and is not > automatically-generated-annoying-end-of-email-spam placed here by anyone > other than myself. I am a Linux nut and am doing my part to support open > source software and the Linux and Ubuntu communities by getting the word out > with each email I send, I encourage you to do the same. > > > > > > > > > > From: silvercro_mag...@hotmail.com > > To: stimm...@tuhh.de > > Subject: RE: Budget, cash flow and scheduled transactions - roadmap? > > Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:01:17 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enhancing the budgeting feature is a big priority for me as well, I have > not had the time lately to work on it myself but if a team were to form, I > would gladly join, time permitting. > > > > -- > > Ryan M. Ward > > > > *Note: This email was sent from a computer running Ubuntu Linux 9.10 > (Karmic Koala) > > http://www.ubuntu.com > > > > **Note: This signature was placed here by me and is not > automatically-generated-annoying-end-of-email-spam placed here by anyone > other than myself. I am a Linux nut and am doing my part to support open > source software and the Linux and Ubuntu communities by getting the word out > with each email I send, I encourage you to do the same. > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 09:17:04 +0200 > > > From: stimm...@tuhh.de > > > To: manvi...@doctors.org.uk > > > Subject: Re: Budget, cash flow and scheduled transactions - roadmap? > > > CC: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > > > > > Zitat von Nick Manville <manvi...@doctors.org.uk>: > > > > I would like a budgeting system that allows me to combine my > > > > scheduled transactions, budget amounts and asset balances to allow > > > > me to plan my future spending. This is for managing personal finance > > > > rather than business accounting which has its own rules and language. > > > > > > > > The current budget does not do that for reasons that were discussed > > > > among the developers of GnuCash several years ago. In the end we got > > > > separate budget and scheduled transactions systems. > > > > > > > > Is there any ongoing discussion of how this might be developed > > > > further now we have the two systems in the codebase? > > > > > > There is no ongoing discussion. > > > > > > Unfortunately we can't you give any better answer than the following: > > > > > > The described enhancement is a good proposal and would be an advantage > > > for the software. However, as a volunteer-driven project with limited > > > resources, the GnuCash developers have their own priorities about the > > > features which are most likely being worked on in the near future. In > > > that sense, the current GnuCash developers decided not to work on your > > > proposed feature in the next 4-6 months. In case you would like to > > > have this feature implemented in any case, you have the following > > > option: 1. Start to program in gnucash yourself - see > > > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development . 2. Convince someone who is > > > not yet part of the GnuCash team to join the team and implement your > > > feature. 3. Pay some of the GnuCash developers to implement your > > > feature - ask on the mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org in that > > > case. > > > > > > I might be wrong, though, and maybe some developer *does* see your > > > feature on his/her personal priority list high enough. However, I > > > doubt that to be the case. > > > > > > > I am not a programmer so I do not know where to start in trying to > > > > develop patches for what I would like to see but I have been around > > > > computers a lot and have dabbled with some database work so I have a > > > > reasonable notion of most of the backend concepts involved. I would > > > > like to help where I can and I have some ideas of what I think might > > > > work and how to implement it. Where do you think the most > > > > appropriate place to post my ideas would be? > > > > > > With the above being said, the useful place for posting ideas is here > > > on the mailing list, but don't be disappointed if nobody replies (as > > > explained above). Additionally and/or subsequently, you can post your > > > ideas as a bugzilla enhancement request so that it won't be forgotten. > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
