Re: [GNC] Upgrading GnuCash

2020-10-13 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 10/13/20 3:28 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Per the FAQ in the Wiki, only upgrading from one major to the next major release is supported. Skipping major releases is *not* supported. Thus for you, 2.6.21 > 3.11 > 4.2 would be okay. However, 2.6.21 > 4.2 *might* result in issues which *may*

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GnuCash

2020-10-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Upgrading is only supported between minor, and between consecutive major versions. Thus 2.6.x > 4.x is *not* supported. Be careful, maybe you got lucky, maybe you didn't and just don't find an issue yet. It is also recommended to run Action > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All after openin

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GnuCash

2020-10-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Per the FAQ in the Wiki, only upgrading from one major to the next major release is supported. Skipping major releases is *not* supported. Thus for you, 2.6.21 > 3.11 > 4.2 would be okay. However, 2.6.21 > 4.2 *might* result in issues which *may* include data loss or corruption. (no guarantees

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GnuCash

2020-10-13 Thread Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user
On 10/13/20 8:35 AM, Fred Bone wrote: Currently running 2.6.21 (without issues) and think I should probably upgrade to 4.whatever. I know I need to bridge via 3.something, but can I safely assume that 3.11 will do the necessary data tweaking, or should I start with an earlier 3.x? And is openin

[GNC] Upgrading GnuCash

2020-10-13 Thread Fred Bone
Currently running 2.6.21 (without issues) and think I should probably upgrade to 4.whatever. I know I need to bridge via 3.something, but can I safely assume that 3.11 will do the necessary data tweaking, or should I start with an earlier 3.x? And is opening and closing my files sufficient, or do I