[Kmymoney] Call for Windows package testers

[Cristian Oneț]

2014-08-25 20:13 GMT+03:00 Ryan Novosielski <ryan at novosielski.com>:
> I'd be happy to test it on 8 and 8.1 for you (both 32-bit).

I'm happy to hear that, let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Cristian

>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 25, 2014, at 13:08, Cristian Oneț <onet.cristian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to ask all Windows users who wish to improve the quality
>> of KMyMoney on Windows to try the first installer of the "live build"
>> series [1] and report any issues that you might encounter.
>>
>> As you may know the development team decided a release schedule [2].
>> There is still about a month until the next release will be out which
>> gives us enough time to iron out any glitches the installer might
>> contain.
>>
>> It's also a good opportunity to take a look at the new features that
>> were added (the most interesting should be transaction tags).
>>
>> Notes about this package:
>> - it will only run on Windows 7 or newer version
>> - it uses KDE 4.12.5 and Qt 4.8.6
>> - it does not yet contain translations
>> - GPG works with gpg4win out of the box (this [3] workaround is not
>> longer needed)
>> - as with previous versions it does not contain the HBCI KBanking
>> plugin because AqBanking's [4] build system is autotools based making
>> it hard to build using MSVC
>> - the OFX import plugin is available
>> - as with previous versions the Finance::Quote module will only work
>> if you install perl (with the Finance::Quote module) separately
>> - it will be periodically updated as issues are fixed
>>
>> If you currently use KMyMoney on Windows there is no need to uninstall
>> your current version since this version will install in it's own
>> folder and will have it's own shortcut by default. Just remember, the
>> newer version extends the stored information in the data file (like
>> tags) so when switching back to the old version this new extra
>> information (tags), that the old version knows nothing about, will be
>> lost.
>>
>> Make sure that you backup your data file (make a copy of it somewhere)
>> more often while using this version (just in case). I actually expect
>> this package to be better then the last one (4.6.4) but after all this
>> is a call for testing.
>>
>> I have tested the installer on Windows 7 32bits so feedback using
>> newer versions would be welcomed.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cristian
>>
>> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/kmymoney2/files/KMyMoney-Windows/live/kmymoney-x86-setup-4.6.90-cdd451fe35.exe/download
>> [2] https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KMyMoney#Version_4.7.0
>> [3] https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=120774#p311716
>> [4] http://www.aquamaniac.de/sites/aqbanking/index.php
>>
>> P.S: Alvaro please blog about this since the planet has better visibility
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