Thanks for this... I haven't seen any notice about file changes between major versions (probably because - as you say - it is silently checked).
Yes, the Ubuntu version is from the repository. I'll have to look up installing flatpak to get the 5.x version of GnuCash - I'm not going to do the export/import work. I'd rather just not run it at all on Ubuntu... I had been running a flatpak version earlier (that was on the previous LTS version, where the repository version was [I think] at 3.x). On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 11:48 AM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > There are some changes between major versions. There are checks silently > run when you first open your file with a new major version. > > You can run those checks explicitly via Actions > Check & Repair. > > The goal is usually to keep compatibility between the last minor release > of a major version and the next major version, in case you upgrade, have > serious issues, and need to fall back. > > I wouldn't worry too much about mix-n-match within the same major > version (say, all machines on 5.x) but if you have to keep one machine > held back, at least get it to the last release of that version. In your > case, that would mean getting the Linux box up to 4.14. Since you're > using Ubuntu 22.04 and GnuCash 4.8, I'll hazard a guess that was from > the Ubuntu repo. You'd need to switch to flatpak to get 4.14 if you > don't want to build from source, but in either of those cases, you might > as well just bump the Linux box to match your others in the 5.x series. > > The only alternative I can think of to keep the Linux version at 4.8, > would be to export your transactions regularly from one of the other > machines and then import them into a separate file used only with 4.8. > But that is way more work than even building from source each release, > not to mention updating a flatpak. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 2/24/24 10:01 AM, R Losey wrote: > > So I have wonderful GnuCash installed on WIndows 10, on an M1 iMac, and > on > > Linux (Ubuntu 22.04LTS). > > > > I mostly use the iMac and Windows versions, and I've always kept these > two > > versions in sync; that is, when I decided to upgrade to 5.1, I install > 5.1 > > back-to-back on the iMac and Windows computers... mostly this was due to > a > > fear of corrupting the data files by running different versions. > > > > But lately, and from education reading this list, I am thinking that the > > data file format doesn't change, and the GnuCash version is more like a > > "shell" around which the data file is operated upon, so maybe it's okay > to > > have Linux at 4.8 and Windows at 5.5-1 and iMac at 5.3. > > > > But I thought I'd run it by this group to see what people think. > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ 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.
