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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++.
  
We didn't make any of those goals though we did make some good progress towards them. Instead we have a GUI based on Gtk3, a new CSV importer, numerics that can handle more significant digits, some new editing capabilities for import maps and transaction attachments,
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== Schedules ==
and some new reports.
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GnuCash 4.0 will be released in early 2020. Unstable releases will begin in October 2019. Plan on code and string freezes in early December.
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;Important: [[String Freeze]] starts 2 weeks before the planned release date.
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=== Current Stable 3.x ===
  
=== Schedule ===
 
We've begun the 2.7 testing cycle and we're hoping to release 2.8 sometime in the first quarter of 2018. The final part of the 2.7 release schedule leading up to that will depend on how quickly polishing up the remaining rough edges proceeds and how many bugs users find in early testing.
 
 
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| 3.0   || 2018-3-25  || ||
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| 3.8   || 2019-12-29 || ||
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| 3.7  || 2019-09-07 || 2019-09-08 || Early Release for mandatory parts of PSD2: New requirements in German Online Banking
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| 3.6  || 2019-06-30 || 2019-06-30 ||
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| 3.5  || 2019-03-31 || 2019-03-31 ||
 
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| 2.7.6 || 2018-03-11 || || Release Candidate
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| 3.|| 2018-12-30 || 2018-12-30 ||
 
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| 2.7.5 || 2018-02-25 || ||  
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| 3.|| 2018-09-30 || 2018-09-30 ||
 
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| 2.7.4 || 2018-01-28 || ||  
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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.
 
| 2.7.3 || 2017-12-31 || 2017-12-31 || Feature and string freeze.
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== Release Schedule for 2.6.x releases ==
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=== Old Stable 2.6.x Series (Closed to further development.) ===
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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| 2.6.20 || 2018-TBD || || Concurrent with the release of 3.0
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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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Revision as of 10:39, 22 September 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

GnuCash 4.0 will be released in early 2020. Unstable releases will begin in October 2019. Plan on code and string freezes in early December.

Important
String Freeze starts 2 weeks before the planned release date.

Current Stable 3.x

Release Planned Actual Notes
3.8 2019-12-29
3.7 2019-09-07 2019-09-08 Early Release for mandatory parts of PSD2: New requirements in German Online Banking
3.6 2019-06-30 2019-06-30
3.5 2019-03-31 2019-03-31
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.