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== Release Schedule for 2.3.x ==
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This is a draft release schedule for unstable 2.3.x releases of gnucash, which will eventually lead to the stable 2.4.0 release of gnucash with new features.
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==General Rules==
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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''. To publish the changed messages to [[Weblate]] a <syntaxhighlight lang="sh" inline>make pot; msgmerge …</syntaxhighlight> as described in [[Language_Administration#Program]] is required.
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: It is also a good opportunity for packagers to check for [[Dependency Updates]].
  
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=== Feature Checklist for 2.4.0 ===
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== Goals for 6.0 ==
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In order to reach the stable release 2.4.0, we need to list the features which are new in trunk and decide whether they are stable enough for 2.4.0. If they are not, they will be disabled for 2.4.0. Please link to bugzilla items where applicable.
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Goals for 6.0:
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* Rewrite engine to remove dependencies on GLib/GObject using C++
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* Migrate from QofQuery to SQL Query
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* Make KVP a backend implementation detail; no direct KVP access except in the backends
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* Limit use of Guile to reports and F::Q; all other main application code should be C or C++.
  
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We plan to release GnuCash 6.0 in Spring 2026 with unstable testing beginning in January 2026:
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!New Feature in 2.4.0 (compared to 2.2.9) !! Status
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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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| 6.0  
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! style="background-color:yellow" | 2026-03-08
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|| 2026-03-29 || ||
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| 5.904 || || 2026-03-22 ||
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! style="background-color:yellow" | Code Freeze, Release Candidate
 
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| WebKit report display engine || Linux: stable, Windows: tbd, OSX: tbd
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| 5.903 || || 2026-03-15 ||  ||
 
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| SQL (dbi) backend with SQLite3 || tbd
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| 5.902 || || 2026-03-08 ||
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! style="background-color:yellow" | String Freeze
 
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| SQL (dbi) backend with MySQL || tbd
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| 5.901 || || 2026-02-01 || 
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! style="background-color:yellow" | Feature Freeze
 
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| SQL (dbi) backend with PostgreSQL || tbd
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| 5.900 || || 2026-01-04 || ||
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== Schedules ==
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=== Stable 5.x ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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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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| eguile reports || tbd
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| 5.12
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2025-12-14 
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2025-12-21 
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| CSV importer || Still some crasher bugs (but was this feature already in 2.2.9?)
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| 5.12 || 2025-09-21  || 2025-09-28  ||  ||
 
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| QSF export || Still some crasher bugs (or was this active in 2.2.9 already?)
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| 5.11 || 2025-06-22  || 2025-06-29  ||  ||
 
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| Some new features in check printing || Apparently stable. Documentation?
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| 5.10 || 2025-03-23  || 2025-03-30  ||  ||
 
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| New account type Trading Account || Apparently stable, but documentation missing
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| 5.9 || 2024-12-08  || 2024-12-15  ||  ||
 
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| 5.8 || 2024-09-22  || 2024-09-29  ||  ||
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=== Goal ===
 
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Goals for 2.4.0:
 
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# - Provide an SQL backend using SQLite3, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
 
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# - Allow GtkHTML report display engine to be replaced by WebKit
 
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Purpose of all 2.3.x releases: Any 2.3.x is not yet stable, but is meant to provide easier access to the current source code for wider testing. Also, at some point in time the 2.3.x series should go into a string freeze so that translators can fully concentrate on their translation work.
 
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=== Schedule ===
 
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Proposed Schedule:
 
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| 2.3.0 || May 16, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.3.0]] || Initial announcement and call for testers
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| 5.7 || 2024-06-23  || 2024-06-30  || ||
 
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| 2.3.1 || May 30, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.3.1]] || Bug fixes
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| 5.6 || 2024-03-24  || 2024-03-31  || 2023-03-31 ||
 
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| 2.3.2 || June 14, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.3.2]] || Bug fixes, string freeze, translation updates
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| 5.5 || 2023-12-10  || 2023-12-17  || 2023-12-17 ||
 
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| 2.3.3 || June 2, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.3.3]] || Critical bug fixes and more translation updates
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| 5.4 || 2023-09-17  || 2023-09-24  || 2023-09-24 ||
 
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| 2.3.4 || July 5, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.3.4]] || '''Release Candidate One''' i.e. final bugfixes and final translation updates. We need the next 2 weeks for [[PR planning]]
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| 5.3 ||   || || 2023-06-26 || Snap release to fix [https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798967 Bug 798967]
 
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| 2.3.5 || July 19, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.3.5]] || '''Release Candidate Two''' i.e. final bugfixes, final translation updates.
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| 5.2 || 2023-06-18  || 2023-06-25  || 2023-06-25 ||
 
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| 2.4.0 || August 3, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.4.0]] || Keep in mind that the (Unix) source package and the Windows binaries have to be ready by that date. [[PR planning]]
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| 5.1 ||  || 2023-04-30  || 2023-04-30 || Short loop for things that missed 5.0, bug fixes
 
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| 5.0 ||  || 2023-03-28  || 2023-03-28  ||
 
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== Release Schedule for 2.2.x ==
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=== Old Stable 4.x (Closed to Development)===
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We don't have an actual schedule yet. We only know we plan for a stable 2.2.x release every 3-6 weeks in order to make available the bugfixes and translation updates.
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Proposed Schedule:
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! Version !! Date !! Wiki !! Bugzilla
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| 4.14 || 2023-03-12 || 2023-03-26 || 2023-03-26 ||
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| 4.13 || 2022-12-04 || 2022-12-18 || 2022-12-18 ||
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| 4.12 || 2022-09-15 || 2022-09-25 || 2022-09-25 ||
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| 4.11 || 2022-06-12 || 2022-06-26 || 2022-06-26 ||
 
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| 2.2.9 || February 23, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.2.9]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.9 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.9 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.10 || 2022-03-13 || 2022-03-27 || 2022-03-27 ||
 
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| 2.2.8 || December 14, 2008 || [[Announcement 2.2.8]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.8 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.8 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.9 || 2021-12-05 || 2021-12-19 || 2021-12-19 ||
 
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| 2.2.7 || September 27, 2008 || [[Announcement 2.2.7]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.7 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.7 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.8 || || || 2021-09-28 || Snap release to correct crash.
 
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| 2.2.6 || July 28, 2008 || [[Announcement 2.2.6]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.6 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.6 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.7 || 2021-09-12 || 2021-09-26 || 2021-09-26 ||
 
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| 2.2.5 || April 28, 2008 || [[Announcement 2.2.5]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.5 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.5 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.6 || 2021-06-13 || 2021-06-27 || 2021-06-27 ||
 
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| 2.2.4 || March 3, 2008 || [[Announcement 2.2.4]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.4 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.4 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.5 || 2021-03-14 || 2021-03-28 || 2021-03-28 ||
 
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| 2.2.3 || January 8, 2008 || [[Announcement 2.2.3]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.3 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.3 milestone including resolved]
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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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| 2.2.2 || December 18, 2007 || [[Announcement 2.2.2]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.2 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.2 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.3 || 2020-12-13 || 2020-12-27|| 2020-12-27 ||
 
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| 2.2.1 || August 20, 2007 || [[Announcement 2.2.1]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.1 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.1 milestone including resolved]
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| 4.2 || || 2020-09-27 || 2020-09-27 ||
 
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| 2.2.0 || July 15, 2007 || [[Announcement 2.2.0]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.0 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.0 milestone including resolved]
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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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== Release Schedule for 2.1.x ==
 
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This is a draft release schedule for unstable 2.1.x releases of gnucash, which will eventually lead to the stable 2.2.0 release of gnucash with new features.
 
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=== Goal ===
 
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Goal for 2.2.0: Now that the gnome2 port is working well, we are introducing some new features. These are
 
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* Scheduled Transactions re-work.
 
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* Port to [[Windows]] available
 
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Purpose of all 2.1.x releases: Any 2.1.x is not yet stable, but is meant to provide easier access to the current source code for wider testing. Also, at some point in time the 2.1.x series should go into a string freeze so that translators can fully concentrate on their translation work.
 
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[[PR_planning]] page
 
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=== Requirements of 2.1.x releases ===
 
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* Any 2.1.x has to offer full backward-compatibility of the data file. It should always be possible to use a 2.1.x-saved XML datafile again with any 2.0.x version. This is achieved by the "allow_file_incompatibility" gconf key as introduced in [http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/15612 r15612], explained also [http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2007-February/019966.html here].
 
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* [[Bugzilla]] queries for the list of bugs assigned to those milestones:
 
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** [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.0&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO Open Bugzilla items with 2.1.0 milestone] ([http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.0 including resolved])
 
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** [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.1&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO Open Bugzilla items with 2.1.1 milestone] ([http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.1 including resolved])
 
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** [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.2&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO Open Bugzilla items with 2.1.2 milestone] ([http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.2 including resolved])
 
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** [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.3&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO Open Bugzilla items with 2.1.3 milestone] ([http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.3 including resolved])
 
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** [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.4&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO Open Bugzilla items with 2.1.4 milestone] ([http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.4 including resolved])
 
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** [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.5&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO Open Bugzilla items with 2.1.5 milestone] ([http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.1.5 including resolved])
 
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** [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.0&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO Open Bugzilla items with 2.2.0 milestone] ([http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.0 including resolved])
 
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* Any 2.1.x version might crash unexpectedly at any point during runtime. If you test some serious work in a 2.1.x release, make sure you hit "Save" after ever non-trivial workstep.
 
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=== Schedule ===
 
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* 2.1.0 April 14th; [[Announcement 2.1.0]]; Initial announcement and call for testers
 
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* Bug Day April 21st
 
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* 2.1.1 April 28th; [[Announcement 2.1.1]]; bugfixing;
 
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* Bug Day May 5th
 
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* 2.1.2 May 19th; [[Announcement 2.1.2]]; bugfixing; [[String Freeze]]; translation updates
 
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* 2.1.3 June 2; [[Announcement 2.1.3]]; critical bugs and more translation updates
 
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* 2.1.4 June 16; [[Announcement 2.1.4]]; '''Release Candidate One''' i.e. final bugfixes (esp. windows), final translation updates. We need the next 2 weeks for [[PR planning]], and we need qualified feedback whether this release works fine for Windows users
 
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* 2.1.5 July 2; [[Announcement 2.1.5]]; '''Release Candidate Two''' i.e. final bugfixes (esp. windows), final translation updates.
 
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* 2.2.0 July 15; [[Announcement 2.2.0]]; Keep in mind that the (Unix) source package ''and the Windows binary'' have to be ready by that date. [[PR planning]]
 
  
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All dates are the Saturday of a weekend. It is proposed to have a release every other week or in three week intervals.
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Release notes can be found on the [http://www.gnucash.org GnuCash Web Page].
  
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== Previous Releases ==
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We maintain an [[Release Schedule/Archive | archive page]] of older release announcements.
  
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== Release Schedule for 2.0.x ==
 
  
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Actual release dates:
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[[Category:Releases]] [[Category:Development‎‏]] [[Category:Version‎‏]]
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* 2.0.5 February 18th, 2007; Announcement 2.0.5; [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.0.5 All Bugzilla items with 2.0.5 milestone including resolved]
 
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* 2.0.4 January 1st, 2007; Announcement 2.0.4; [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.0.4 All Bugzilla items with 2.0.4 milestone including resolved]
 
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* 2.0.3 December 10th, 2006; [[Announcement 2.0.3]]; [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.0.3 All Bugzilla items with 2.0.3 milestone including resolved]
 
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** (important bugfix: [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353450 crash on quit during save], bug 353450)
 
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* 2.0.2 October 8th, 2006; [[Announcement 2.0.2]]; [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.0.2 All Bugzilla items with 2.0.2 milestone including resolved]
 
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* 2.0.1 July 30th, 2006; [[Announcement 2.0.1]]; [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.0.1 All Bugzilla items with 2.0.1 milestone including resolved]
 
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* 2.0.0 July 09th, 2006; [[Announcement 2.0.0]]; [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.0.0 All Bugzilla items with 2.0.0 milestone including resolved]
 

Latest revision as of 23:37, 18 April 2024

Languages עִברִית

General Rules

  • Usually stable versions are released at the last weekend of a quarter.
  • String freeze is 2 weeks before. To publish the changed messages to Weblate a make pot; msgmerge … as described in Language_Administration#Program is required.
It is also a good opportunity for packagers to check for Dependency Updates.

Goals for 6.0

Goals for 6.0:

  • 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 6.0 in Spring 2026 with unstable testing beginning in January 2026:

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
6.0 2026-03-08 2026-03-29
5.904 2026-03-22 Code Freeze, Release Candidate
5.903 2026-03-15
5.902 2026-03-08 String Freeze
5.901 2026-02-01 Feature Freeze
5.900 2026-01-04

Schedules

Stable 5.x

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
5.12 2025-12-14 2025-12-21
5.12 2025-09-21 2025-09-28
5.11 2025-06-22 2025-06-29
5.10 2025-03-23 2025-03-30
5.9 2024-12-08 2024-12-15
5.8 2024-09-22 2024-09-29
5.7 2024-06-23 2024-06-30
5.6 2024-03-24 2024-03-31 2023-03-31
5.5 2023-12-10 2023-12-17 2023-12-17
5.4 2023-09-17 2023-09-24 2023-09-24
5.3 2023-06-26 Snap release to fix Bug 798967
5.2 2023-06-18 2023-06-25 2023-06-25
5.1 2023-04-30 2023-04-30 Short loop for things that missed 5.0, bug fixes
5.0 2023-03-28 2023-03-28

Old Stable 4.x (Closed to Development)

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
4.14 2023-03-12 2023-03-26 2023-03-26
4.13 2022-12-04 2022-12-18 2022-12-18
4.12 2022-09-15 2022-09-25 2022-09-25
4.11 2022-06-12 2022-06-26 2022-06-26
4.10 2022-03-13 2022-03-27 2022-03-27
4.9 2021-12-05 2021-12-19 2021-12-19
4.8 2021-09-28 Snap release to correct crash.
4.7 2021-09-12 2021-09-26 2021-09-26
4.6 2021-06-13 2021-06-27 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


Release notes can be found on the GnuCash Web Page.

Previous Releases

We maintain an archive page of older release announcements.

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