pkgsrc/finance/gnucash-current/DESCR
wiz 2667060181 Package for gnucash-2.1.1, the current development release.
Changes vs. the 2.0 branch:

 2.1.1 - 28 Apr 2007
 	 o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.1 aka "Bug-begone" the second of several
	 unstable releasese releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
	 Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0. With
	 this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft Windows
	 for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and
	 Mac OSX. This release is intended for developers and testers who want
	 to help tracking down bugs.
	 o WARNING: Make sure you make backups of any files used in testing
	 versions of GnuCash in the 2.1.x series. Although the developers go
	 to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we cannot
	 guarantee that your data will not be affected if for some reason
	 GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
	 o Please test any and all features important to you. Then post any
	 bugs you find to bugzilla
	 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
	 o Compared to the 2.0.x series, there are only very few user-visible
	 new features, except for the completed port to the Microsoft Windows
	 operating system. Minor new features compared to the 2.0.x series
	 are;
	 o The Scheduled Transaction Editor and Management dialogs have been
	 integrated into the overall GnuCash User Interface to give the user a
	 more consistent experience in creating scheduled transactions.
	 o Internally, the programming language wrappers are no longer being
	 generated by the not-so-well-maintained package "g-wrap" but instead
	 by the well-established wrapper generator "SWIG". In effect, gnucash
	 does no longer depend on g-wrap anymore but uses SWIG now.
	 o New printing formats for check printing
	 o Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.0 include:
	 o Start-up behaviour has been improved: Windows size is better,
	 splash screen can be clicked away
	 o OFX DirectConnect import uses correct ID fields for transaction
	 matching
	 o More Scheduled Transactions bugs have been fixed
	 o Windows: Reading/writing to compressed data files has been tested
	 more thoroughly and fixed in various places
	 o Windows: Crash on changing default currencies fixed

 2.1.0 - 14 Apr 2007
 	 o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.0 aka "Opening Windows" the first of
	 several unstable releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
	 Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0. This
	 release is the very first of to support Windows as a platform and is
	 intended for developers and adventurous testers who want to help
	 tracking down bugs.
	 o WARNING WARNING WARNING - Make sure you make backups of any files
	 used in testing versions of GnuCash in the 2.1.x series. Although the
	 developers go to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we
	 cannot guarentee that your data will not be affected if for some
	 reason GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
	 o PLEASE TEST TEST AND TEST SOME MORE any and all features important
	 to you. Then post any bugs you find to bugzilla
	 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
	 o If you have the urge to help beyond testing please get involved in
	 the discussions on the GnuCash mailing lists which you will find at
	 http://www.gnucash.org. We especially need people to help with
	 updating the documentation as all texts refer currently to the 1.8.x
	 series. Please see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to
	 get involved.
	 o PS I'm not going to list the many features changed or updated in
	 this release because obviously there is so much that has changed.
2007-05-13 22:43:34 +00:00

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GnuCash is a personal finance manager. A check-book like register
GUI allows you to enter and track bank accounts, stocks, income
and even currency trades. A full set of reports allow you to see
the state of your finances. The interface is designed to be simple
and easy to use, but is backed with double-entry accounting principles
to ensure balanced books. Features include:
- An easy-to-use interface. If you can use the register in the
back of your checkbook, you can use GnuCash. Type directly
into the register, tab between fields, and use quick-fill to
automatically complete the transaction. The interface is
customizable from within the application itself (no editing
config files :) )
- Scheduled Transactions
- Mortgage & Loan Repayment Druid
- Small Business Accounting Features
- OFX Import
- HBCI Support
- Quicken File Import
- Reconcile window with running reconciled and cleared balances
makes reconciliation easy.
- Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios
- Get Stock & Mutual Fund quotes from various web sites, update
portfolio automatically (more funds being added regularly).
- Reports
- Multiple Currencies & Currency Trading
- New Multi-Currency Transaction Handling
- Chart of Accounts
- Split Transactions
- Double Entry
- Income/Expense Account Types (Categories)
- General Ledger
- Written in C with embedded scheme support via Guile.
- File access is locked in a network-safe fashion, preventing
accidental damage if several users attempt to access the same
file, even if the file is NFS-mounted.
- Provides a byte-stream format, which allows accounts and account
groups to be transmitted to other processes via pipes or sockets.
- International date handling, many different translations.
- New User Manual and Help
- Redesigned Menus