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== Goals for 4.0 ==
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==General Rules==
Goals for 4.0:
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* Usually '''stable versions''' are released at the ''last weekend of a quarter''.
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* '''String freeze''' is ''2 weeks before''. That is also a good opportunity for packagers to check for [[Dependency Updates]].
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== Goals for 5.0 ==
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Goals for 5.0:
 
* 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++.
  
== Schedules ==
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We plan to release GnuCash 5.0 in Spring 2023 with unstable testing beginning in January 2023:
GnuCash 4.0 will be released 28 June 2020. Unstable releases will begin in March 2020.
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{| class="wikitable"
=== Future Stable 4.x ===
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! width="90" | Release
{| border="1"
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! width="90" | String Freeze
! width="120" | Release
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! width="90" | Planned
! width="120" | Planned
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! width="90" | Actual   
! width="120" | Actual   
 
 
! width="360" | Notes
 
! width="360" | Notes
 
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| 4.11 || 2022-12-18 || ||
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| 5.|| || 2023-03-25 || ||
 
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| 4.10 || 2022-09-25 || ||
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| 4.900 || || 2023-01-08 || ||
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|}
| 4.9 || 2022-06-26 || ||
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== Schedules ==
| 4.8 || 2022-03-27 || ||
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=== Current Stable 4.x ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! width="90" | Release
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! width="90" | String Freeze
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! width="90" | Planned
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! width="90" | Actual 
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! width="360" | Notes
 
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| 4.7 || 2021-12-19 || ||
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| 4.12
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2022-12-04
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2022-12-18
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| 4.6 || 2021-09-26 || ||
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| 4.11 || 2022-09-15 || 2022-09-25 || ||
 
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| 4.5 || 2021-06-27 || ||
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| 4.10 || 2022-06-12 || 2022-06-26 || ||
 
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| 4.4 || 2021-03-28 || ||
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| 4.9 || 2022-03-13 || 2022-03-27 || ||
 
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| 4.3 || 2020-12-27|| ||
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| 4.8
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2021-12-05
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2021-12-19
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| 4.2 || 2020-09-27 || ||
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| 4.7 || 2021-09-12 || 2021-09-26 || ||
 
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| 4.1 || 2020-07-26 || ||
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| 4.6 || 2021-06-13 || 2021-06-27 || ||
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| 4.0 || 2020-06-28 || ||
 
|}
 
 
 
;Important: [[String Freeze]] starts 2 weeks before the planned release date.
 
 
 
=== Unstable 3.900 for Testing, Leading to release of 4.0 ===
 
{| border="1"
 
! width="120" | Release
 
! width="120" | Planned
 
! width="120" | Actual 
 
! width="360" | Notes
 
 
|-
 
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| 3.905 || 2020-06-21 || ||
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| 4.5 || 2021-03-14 || 2021-03-28 || 2021-03-28 ||
 
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| 3.904 || 2020-06-14 || || String Freeze
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| 4.4 || || || 2020-12-27 || Snap release to fix [https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798063 Bug 798063]
 
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| 3.903 || 2020-06-07 || ||
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| 4.3 || 2020-12-13 || 2020-12-27|| 2020-12-27 ||
 
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| 3.902 || 2020-05-31 || || Feature Freeze
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| 4.2 || || 2020-09-27 || 2020-09-27 ||
 
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| 3.901 || 2020-04-26 || ||  
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| 4.1 || || 2020-07-26 || 2020-07-26 ||
 
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| 4.0 || || 2020-06-28 || 2020-06-28 ||
 
|}
 
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=== Current Stable 3.x ===
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=== Old Stable 3.x ===
  
{| border="1"
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{| class="wikitable"
 
! width="120" | Release
 
! width="120" | Release
 
! width="120" | Planned
 
! width="120" | Planned
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! width="360" | Notes
 
! width="360" | Notes
 
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| 3.10 || 2020-06-28 || || Final Release, concurrent with 4.0.
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| 3.11 || 2020-06-28 || 2020-06-28 || Final Release, concurrent with 4.0.
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| 3.10  || Snap Release || 2020-4-11 ||
 
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| 3.9  || 2020-03-28 || ||
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| 3.9  || 2020-03-28 || 2020-3-29 ||
 
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| 3.8  || 2019-12-29 || 2019-12-29 ||
 
| 3.8  || 2019-12-29 || 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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| 3.7  || 2019-09-29 || 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 ||
 
| 3.6  || 2019-06-30 || 2019-06-30 ||
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[[Category:Releases]] [[Category:Development‎‏]] [[Category:Version‎‏]]

Revision as of 09:23, 15 April 2021

General Rules

  • Usually stable versions are released at the last weekend of a quarter.
  • String freeze is 2 weeks before. That is also a good opportunity for packagers to check for Dependency Updates.

Goals for 5.0

Goals for 5.0:

  • 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++.

We plan to release GnuCash 5.0 in Spring 2023 with unstable testing beginning in January 2023:

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
5.0 2023-03-25
4.900 2023-01-08

Schedules

Current Stable 4.x

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
4.12 2022-12-04 2022-12-18
4.11 2022-09-15 2022-09-25
4.10 2022-06-12 2022-06-26
4.9 2022-03-13 2022-03-27
4.8 2021-12-05 2021-12-19
4.7 2021-09-12 2021-09-26
4.6 2021-06-13 2021-06-27
4.5 2021-03-14 2021-03-28 2021-03-28
4.4 2020-12-27 Snap release to fix Bug 798063
4.3 2020-12-13 2020-12-27 2020-12-27
4.2 2020-09-27 2020-09-27
4.1 2020-07-26 2020-07-26
4.0 2020-06-28 2020-06-28

Old Stable 3.x

Release Planned Actual Notes
3.11 2020-06-28 2020-06-28 Final Release, concurrent with 4.0.
3.10 Snap Release 2020-4-11
3.9 2020-03-28 2020-3-29
3.8 2019-12-29 2019-12-29
3.7 2019-09-29 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

Release notes can be found on the GnuCash Web Page.

Previous Releases

We maintain an archive page of older release announcements.