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== Release Schedule for 2.7.x releases ==
 
  
=== Goal ===
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== Goals for 4.0 ==
Goals for 2.8.0:
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Goals for 4.0:
 
* Rewrite engine to remove dependencies on GLib/GObject using C++
 
* Rewrite engine to remove dependencies on GLib/GObject using C++
 
* Migrate from QofQuery to SQL Query
 
* Migrate from QofQuery to SQL Query
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* Limit use of Guile to reports and F::Q; all other main application code should be C or C++.
 
* Limit use of Guile to reports and F::Q; all other main application code should be C or C++.
  
=== Schedule ===
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== Schedules ==
It's a bit premature to lay out a 2.7.x release schedule, but assuming the same 3 year cycle as we had for 2.6, 2.7.0 will be released in the late spring of 2017.
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We're contemplating a quicker cycle time between 3.0 and 4.0; depending on progress this may be two or three years, so the 3.x schedule is laid out here for 2 years. If that works out we'll start the 3.9xx alpha/beta releases in the summer of 2019.
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=== Current Stable 3.x ===
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| 3.8  || 2019-12-29 || ||
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| 3.7  || 2019-09-29 || ||
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| 3.6  || 2019-06-30 || ||
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| 3.5  || 2019-03-31 || 2018-03-31 ||
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| 3.4  || 2018-12-30 || 2018-12-30 ||
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| 3.3  || 2018-09-30 || 2018-09-30 ||
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| 3.2  || 2018-06-24 || 2018-06-24 ||
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| 3.1  || 2018-05-13 || 2018-04-29 ||
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| 3.0  || 2018-04-02 || 2018-04-02 || Initial Stable Release
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=== Alpha/Beta Series 2.7.x (Closed to further development.) ===
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| 2.7.8 || 2018-03-25 || 2018-03-25 || Release Candidate.
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| 2.7.7 || 2018-03-18 || 2018-03-18 ||
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| 2.7.6 || 2018-03-11 || 2018-03-12 || Delayed for a Windows installer problem.
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| 2.7.5 || 2018-02-25 || 2018-02-25  ||
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| 2.7.4 || 2018-01-28 || 2018-02-03 || Delayed for fixing MacOS Crash.
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| 2.7.3 || 2017-12-31 || 2017-12-31 || Feature and string freeze.
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| 2.7.2 || 2017-11-26 || 2017-11-26 ||
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| 2.7.1 || 2017-10-29 || 2017-10-29 ||
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| 2.7.0 || 2017-09-17 || 2017-10-17 || Initial release
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=== Old Stable 2.6.x Series (Closed to further development.) ===
  
== Release Schedule for 2.6.x releases ==
 
We will do monthly releases for three months to mop up all of the early bugs and then release about every three months unless a major bug is reported that demands a release as soon as it is fixed.
 
 
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| 2.6.21 ||  || 2018-04-10 || Snap release for MySQL bug.
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| 2.6.20 || 2018-04-02 || 2018-04-06 || Concurrent with the release of 3.0
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| 2.6.19 || 2017-12-17 || 2017-12-17 ||
 
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| 2.6.18 || 2017-09-24 || ||
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| 2.6.18 || 2017-09-24 || 2017-09-24 ||
 
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| 2.6.17 || 2017-06-25 || 2017-07-02 || Delayed for fix of [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781476 Bug 781476]
 
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| 2.6.16 || 2017-03-26 || ||
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| 2.6.16 || 2017-03-26 || 2017-03-26 ||
 
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| 2.6.15 || 2016-12-18 || 2016-12-18 ||
 
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| 2.6.14 || 2016-09-17 || 2016-09-17 ||
 
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| 2.6.13 || 2016-06-26 || 2016-06-28 ||
 
| 2.6.13 || 2016-06-26 || 2016-06-28 ||

Revision as of 17:51, 31 March 2019

Goals for 4.0

Goals for 4.0:

  • Rewrite engine to remove dependencies on GLib/GObject using C++
  • Migrate from QofQuery to SQL Query
  • Make KVP a backend implementation detail; no direct KVP access except in the backends
  • Limit use of Guile to reports and F::Q; all other main application code should be C or C++.

Schedules

We're contemplating a quicker cycle time between 3.0 and 4.0; depending on progress this may be two or three years, so the 3.x schedule is laid out here for 2 years. If that works out we'll start the 3.9xx alpha/beta releases in the summer of 2019.

Current Stable 3.x

Release Planned Actual Notes
3.8 2019-12-29
3.7 2019-09-29
3.6 2019-06-30
3.5 2019-03-31 2018-03-31
3.4 2018-12-30 2018-12-30
3.3 2018-09-30 2018-09-30
3.2 2018-06-24 2018-06-24
3.1 2018-05-13 2018-04-29
3.0 2018-04-02 2018-04-02 Initial Stable Release

Alpha/Beta Series 2.7.x (Closed to further development.)

Release Planned Actual Notes
2.7.8 2018-03-25 2018-03-25 Release Candidate.
2.7.7 2018-03-18 2018-03-18
2.7.6 2018-03-11 2018-03-12 Delayed for a Windows installer problem.
2.7.5 2018-02-25 2018-02-25
2.7.4 2018-01-28 2018-02-03 Delayed for fixing MacOS Crash.
2.7.3 2017-12-31 2017-12-31 Feature and string freeze.
2.7.2 2017-11-26 2017-11-26
2.7.1 2017-10-29 2017-10-29
2.7.0 2017-09-17 2017-10-17 Initial release

Old Stable 2.6.x Series (Closed to further development.)

Release Planned Actual Notes
2.6.21 2018-04-10 Snap release for MySQL bug.
2.6.20 2018-04-02 2018-04-06 Concurrent with the release of 3.0
2.6.19 2017-12-17 2017-12-17
2.6.18 2017-09-24 2017-09-24
2.6.17 2017-06-25 2017-07-02 Delayed for fix of Bug 781476
2.6.16 2017-03-26 2017-03-26
2.6.15 2016-12-18 2016-12-18
2.6.14 2016-09-17 2016-09-17
2.6.13 2016-06-26 2016-06-28
2.6.12 2016-03-25 2016-03-28
2.6.11 2016-01-11 2016-01-11 Snap release to fix QIF import regression, Bug 756335.
2.6.10 2015-12-20 2015-12-20
2.6.9 2015-10-06 2015-10-06 Snap release to fix Save As... hang on Windows, Bug 755920.
2.6.8 2015-09-25 2015-09-27
2.6.7 2015-06-26 2015-06-28
2.6.6 2015-03-27 2015-03-30
2.6.5 2015-03-29 2014-12-19
2.6.4 2014-09-28 2014-09-28 Windows version has Gtk+ problems, package held back.
2.6.3 2014-03-30 2014-04-01 Branch maint, master becomes 2.7 and open for new development
2.6.2 2014-03-02 2014-03-02
2.6.1 2014-01-26 2014-01-27 Bugfixes
2.6.0 2013-12-29 2013-12-29 Initial release

Release notes can be found on the GnuCash Web Page.

Release Schedule for 2.4.x

The last Series 2.4 release was 2.4.15, on 13 January 2014. The 2.4 branch is no longer developed, even for bugfixes.

Previous Releases

We maintain an archive page of older release announcements.