Re: Re (IRC): 2.2.0 and auto-save

2007-07-05 Thread Christian Stimming
Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007 16:56 schrieb Derek Atkins: > >> Following this way of thought I would decide for choice #1, leave > >> as-is for 2.2.0. What do the other developers say? > > > > For better or for worse, we've conditioned users (me included) to > > expect that they can 1) open GnuCash,

Re: Re (IRC): 2.2.0 and auto-save

2007-07-05 Thread John P. New
Speaking strictly as a user of GnuCash, I like the current auto-save as implemented i.e. save-to-working-file; thanks, Christian! I've never played around with a GnuCash file, decided I didn't like the changes and closed without saving (but strangely enough, I do that with other programs), but

Re: Re (IRC): 2.2.0 and auto-save

2007-07-05 Thread Derek Atkins
Chris Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] >> Following this way of thought I would decide for choice #1, leave >> as-is for 2.2.0. What do the other developers say? > > For better or for worse, we've conditioned users (me included) to > expect that they can 1) open GnuCash, 2) make unde

Re: Re (IRC): 2.2.0 and auto-save

2007-07-05 Thread Chris Shoemaker
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 10:44:46AM +0200, Christian Stimming wrote: > 14:40:57 Hmm, are we going to have a 2.1.6? > 16:21:25 warlord: wrt 2.1.6, if we plan not to revert the > auto-save feature, we might want to have another test version iff > christian wants to extend / improve it if

Re: Re (IRC): 2.2.0 and auto-save

2007-07-05 Thread Josh Sled
Christian Stimming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Following this way of thought I would decide for choice #1, leave > as-is for 2.2.0. What do the other developers say? I like option 3. The implemented auto-save doesn't behave in the conventional way (with a separate "checkpoint" file); it proba

Re: Re (IRC): 2.2.0 and auto-save

2007-07-05 Thread Dan Widyono
> I'm just saying we developers have to find a decision > which doesn't necessarily conform with the majority of feedback on our > mailing lists. Neither we ourselves nor even the users of our mailing > lists might correspond "the normal user" in a representative way. Before you claim to m

Re (IRC): 2.2.0 and auto-save

2007-07-05 Thread Christian Stimming
14:40:57 Hmm, are we going to have a 2.1.6? 16:21:25 warlord: wrt 2.1.6, if we plan not to revert the auto-save feature, we might want to have another test version iff christian wants to extend / improve it if we just change the default to disabled auto-save, then i am fine with no