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THIS IS A DRAFT! (For now, just copied from 1.9.5)
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From https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2006-May/017602.html :
  
<p>The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 1.9.6 ... FIXME: Some introductory text here ...  aka "The final countdown begins", the seventh of several unstable 1.9.x releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.0.0. This release contains many bugfixes since the fifth release but is still only intended for developers and adventurous testers who want to help tracking down bugs.</p>
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<p>The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 1.9.6 aka "Time to make a difference", the first beta release of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.0.0. This release contains many bugfixes since the sixth unstable release. </p>
  
 
Download:
 
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What's New in GnuCash 1.9.6?
 
What's New in GnuCash 1.9.6?
  
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<ul><li>PLEASE TEST any and all features important to you. Then post any bugs you find to bugzilla http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash  
WARNING WARNING WARNING - Make sure you make backups of any files used in testing versions of GnuCash in the 1.9.x series. Although the developers go to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we cannot guarantee that your data will not be affected if for some reason GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
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</li><li>We would like to encourage people to test this and any further releases as much as possible and submit bug reports in order that we can polish GnuCash to be as stable as possible for the 2.0.0 release in a few weeks.
</li><li>PLEASE TEST TEST AND TEST SOME MORE any and all features important to you. Then post any bugs you find to bugzilla http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
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</li><li>If you have the urge to help beyond testing please get involved in the discussions on the GnuCash mailing lists which you will find at http://www.gnucash.org. We especially need people to help with updating the documentation as all texts refer currently to the 1.8.x series. Please see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to get involved.
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If you have the urge to help beyond testing please get involved in the discussions on the GnuCash mailing lists which you will find at http://www.gnucash.org. We especially need people to help with updating the documentation. Please see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to get involved.
 
</li><li>Major bugfixes include
 
</li><li>Major bugfixes include
  o ... FIXME ... add bugfix list here
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  o More Register fixes.
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o Fixes to Scheduled Transactions.
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o Many Report fixes.
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o Many updated translations.
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o New icons.
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o Fixes to lots functionality.
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o Fixes to logging.
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o Many Qof fixes.
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o Fixes to budgeting.
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o HBCI fixes.  
 
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<ul><li>Any 1.9.x version might crash unexpectedly at any point during runtime. If you test some serious work in a 1.9.x release, make sure you hit "Save" after ever non-trivial workstep.
 
<ul><li>Any 1.9.x version might crash unexpectedly at any point during runtime. If you test some serious work in a 1.9.x release, make sure you hit "Save" after ever non-trivial workstep.
</li><li>Keep in mind that features which are not used in everyday work might crash unexpectedly at all times. This includes but is not limited to: graphical reports, scheduled transaction editor, price editor, financial calculator, OFX/QIF/HBCI import.
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</li><li>The documentation has had screenshots updated, however, most help texts usually only refers to the 1.8.x series. Everyone is invited to help improve the documentation; see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to get involved.  
</li><li>Especially all the new features might crash instantly on testing. This applies in particular to any of the budget-related features. We may always decide to disable such new features for the initial 2.0.0 release, and re-enable them in a later release.
 
</li><li>The documentation is completely outdated. All help texts usually only refer to the 1.8.x series; please expect all descriptions in the help texts to be totally wrong when applied to the upcoming 1.9.x series. Everyone is invited to help improve the documentation; see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to get involved.
 
 
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<ul><li>Testing: Test it and help us discover all bugs that might show up in there. Please enter each and every bug into bugzilla at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
 
<ul><li>Testing: Test it and help us discover all bugs that might show up in there. Please enter each and every bug into bugzilla at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
</li><li>Translating: The new release comes with plenty of new translation strings. If you consider contributing a translation, we invite you to start working on the translation right now. Please check http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Translation_Status for updates on this, as the string freeze has now begun with this release.
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</li><li>Translating: The new release comes with plenty of new translation strings. If you consider contributing a translation, we invite you to test this release already. We are now in string freeze phase. Please check http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Translation_Status for updates on this.
 
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Revision as of 08:00, 15 May 2006

From https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2006-May/017602.html :

The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 1.9.6 aka "Time to make a difference", the first beta release of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.0.0. This release contains many bugfixes since the sixth unstable release.

Download:

THIS IS A DRAFT!

What's New in GnuCash 1.9.6?

  • PLEASE TEST any and all features important to you. Then post any bugs you find to bugzilla http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
  • We would like to encourage people to test this and any further releases as much as possible and submit bug reports in order that we can polish GnuCash to be as stable as possible for the 2.0.0 release in a few weeks.
  • If you have the urge to help beyond testing please get involved in the discussions on the GnuCash mailing lists which you will find at http://www.gnucash.org. We especially need people to help with updating the documentation. Please see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to get involved.

  • Major bugfixes include
    o More Register fixes.
    o Fixes to Scheduled Transactions.
    o Many Report fixes.
    o Many updated translations.
    o New icons.
    o Fixes to lots functionality.
    o Fixes to logging.
    o Many Qof fixes.
    o Fixes to budgeting.
    o HBCI fixes. 
    

Caveats for testers:

  • Any 1.9.x version might crash unexpectedly at any point during runtime. If you test some serious work in a 1.9.x release, make sure you hit "Save" after ever non-trivial workstep.
  • The documentation has had screenshots updated, however, most help texts usually only refers to the 1.8.x series. Everyone is invited to help improve the documentation; see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to get involved.

How can you help?