[Kmymoney] Call for Windows package testers

[Allan]

On 25/08/14 18:16, Cristian Oneț wrote:
> 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

Hi Cristian

As I'm still afflicted with Windows XP, and not expecting that to 
change, it looks then that I will be unable to do any testing on 
Windows.  I wouldn't be expecting to test all features, anyway, just the 
CSV plugin.

Was this version restriction in force also for the previous releases?

Allan


>>
>>> 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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