Since FOSS is a community effort, we can all help with testing beta builds:
https://code.gnucash.org/builds/ On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 11:33 PM R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Let me start off by trying to avoid hateful responses... > > I worked in the software industry, and the programs I supported have had > their share of issues. I remember (with hung head) when we went through a > patch in which we would claim to have fixed a problem, only to have it > recur, and then fixed that and then had another problem occur. It was a > really bad time, and we took a lot of heat for it. > > I also know that GnuCash is free, thanks to the intense dedication of a > relatively small number of people... for whom and to whom, I am very > grateful. > > However. > > I started using GnuCash about 8 years ago, and I generally upgraded each > quarter as the new versions came out. My own experience in software led me > to delay doing the update for 7-10 days -- just in case there was a bug > that necessitated a re-release (and it happened just enough to make me glad > I waited from time to time). > > I am still running 5.3 because (as has been documented here), the 5.4 > windows release had a bug that left a process running. "No problem", I > thought -- I'll just skip 5.4 and install 5.5 when it comes out. > > Well, 5.5 is out, and it looks like the Scheduled Transactions no longer > function properly, especially in regard to variable placeholders. This is a > feature I used and cannot use GnuCash if this is broken. This makes 5.5 > also unusable for me. This is the first time I can remember when I could > not download a new release - let alone two of them. > > I don't know what the problem is or what the best solution is -- perhaps > everyone on this list could contribute a few dollars to give > the hardworking developers a chance to "re-charge", as it were? Perhaps > a quarter needs to be spent only fixing bugs and ignoring adding new > features? Perhaps the developers just need to take a break for a quarter? > > I don't mean this at all in a harsh or critical way; I am just concerned > that a program I really like seems to be slipping somehow. > > -- > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > rlo...@gmail.com > Micah 6:8 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
