5.1.3 is better than 5.2.1

[Thomas Baumgart]

Please see my comments inline below.

On Samstag, 1. November 2025 19:18:05 CET Jack via KMyMoney wrote:

> On 2025.10.31 09:50, Philippe Debrabant via KMyMoney wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I also reverted to version 5.1.3 after testing 5.2.1 (Flatpak  
> > package).
> > 
> > 5.1.3 is:
> > 
> > - much, much faster
> > - much more responsive: I reconciled an account with 5.2.1, and after  
> > pressing the "finish" button, the process took almost a minute,  
> > whereas with 5.1.3 it's instantaneous.
> > - I searched for a transaction by typing a keyword; a list appeared,  
> > but it was impossible to view the transaction description, and  
> > double-clicking on a transaction didn't open it in the Ledger.
> > 
> > And what about the usability:
> > 
> > - The placement of the button for a new transaction at the top of the  
> > screen is poorly chosen. The previous location is preferable.
> > - The dialog box for entering a transaction is too complex; entering  
> > a transaction takes longer.
> > 
> > In short, I'm going back to the previous version until something  
> > better comes along.
> > 
> > After waiting so long for improvements, I must admit I'm very  
> > disappointed with the result.
> > 
> > Philippe
> 
> Philippe,
> 
> In terms of speed, although I don't know exactly how much it matters, I  
> assume you are comparing a natively compiled application (5.1.3) to a  
> containerized on (5.2.1 Flatpak.)  You might try the Appimage to see if  
> it is any faster than the Flatpak.

I have never played with Flatpaks, but I would be astonished if it makes
a big difference in speed.

> In addition, at least some of that speed difference is due to the new  
> version doing more behind the scenes, in terms of confirming validity  
> of the data (especially during imports.)  I agree that the finish part  
> of a reconciliation is slower than previously, but I don't find the  
> difference that much.

Triggered by Philippe's report I spent some time and investigated load times
again. I noticed a bottleneck that shows even more, the more accounts you
have that are not assigned to an institution. Fortunately, that was easy
to fix.

> When you talk about your problem searching for a transaction, is this  
> in the search/status field you get by typing Ctl-F, or using the  
> Transaction Search dialog?  You said you got a list, but in the former,  
> the ledger is simply filtered to show transactions which match the  
> search, so the information displayed about each transaction is whatever  
> is normally shown in the ledger.

It looks like another Qt6 based problem. I was able to duplicate it using
a Qt6 version. On Qt5 it works as expected.

> In the latter, I am not aware that  
> result list is any different in 5.2.1 compared to 5.1.3,  For me, I do  
> see the full details of each transaction, and double clicking does take  
> me to the transaction in the ledger.  I do not know if any of your  
> issues are related to using the Flatpak version, which I have not yet  
> tried.
> 
> I'm not sure which button you mean regarding entering a new  
> transaction, but Ctl-Ins or clicking in the bottom row of the ledger  
> both seem reasonably fast and accessible to me.
> 
> You are obviously welcome to continue using 5.1.3, but understand, it  
> is no longer supported, meaning that even if you do find a real bug,  
> which is not already fixed in a newer version, it will only be fixed in  
> 5.2.something.
> 
> Hopefully you will be happier either with an Appimage or a disto  
> packaged version (I know this depends on your distro.)
> 
> Jack

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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