Talk:GnuCash

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[edit] "Transaction-Import Matching"

What is meant by "Transaction-Import Matching Support"? That sounds like a made up term. It would maybe be a good idea to elaborate. Imsdal 23:10, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

When you import financial transactions (from a QIF or OFX file, for example), GnuCash can find those that match (have the same date, dollar amt, and name). It might be jargon, but it is fairly common jargon & is what it sounds like it is. If you have a suggestion to make improve the clarity of the statement while keepint it concise, please fix it. --Karnesky 23:34, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I can't consider it "fairly common" since the only Google hit is for this page. Anyway, how about "Support for matching of imported transactions"? I don't want to change it myself, since I really don't know what I'm talking about, so my suggestion might be nonsensical. If this is a reasonable suggestion, then how about elaborating a bit on the matching part. What does it match? Transactions that I just imported that are duplicates of transactions that was already entered? Imsdal 13:04, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

The only google hit for the phrase "transaction-import matching" is this page, but "transaction import" and "matching" are both common. "Support for matching of imported transactions" would be accurate, but I personally don't think it is any more (or any less) clear (and "matching of imported transactions" leads to 0 google hits, if that is your criteria). I said what it matches--transactions (based on date, dollar amt, and name). If an imported transaction appears to be a duplicate of a transaction already in your register, the program will alert you. --Karnesky 13:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

The image is using the GIF format, could somebody upload a PNG of version 2.0 when it comes out? - bruce89 18:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Available on Debian and SUSE...

...amongst others, but isn't it available with just about any Linux distro, not to mention other unices? Isn't this just a bit of free advertising for Debian and SUSE? Prlewis0 08:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

The suggested (but rejected) WP:SOFTWARE used inclusion in package repositories as one sign of notability & I suspect that whoever added that had good intentions (and probably just used the systems they were familiar with). That said: the very wide support of GnuCash would seem to suggest we should describe notability in some other way. If stats could be found, perhaps percentage of distros that have it (or, at least, the top xxx distros listed on distrowatch or whatever). Or maybe popcon results?

We can certainly afford to remove that line, but it'd be nice to replace it with info that described your objection (popularity in most distros). --Karnesky 14:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Part of GNU project? Or Gnome?

Does someone have evidence that this is actually part of the GNU project besides the name (which is inconclusive)? I see no evidence that the FSF considers this part of their project or that the GnuCash developers do (it isn't on Savanah, for instance). --Karnesky 15:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

As the lead developer of GnuCash for about 5 years, from its inception on 1 Nov 1997 (based on X-Accountant from summer of 1997), all the way through the founding and bankrupcty of Gnumatic Inc., I can attest that, yes, its officially a part of the GNU project. In the early years, I was trying to hype it up, and contacted RMS & GNU. I requested that GNU devote their development resources to GnuCash, as they were at the time planning their own, distinct package. I said "wait we already got one", RMS then grilled me on ideology and beleifs, and GnuCash was soon duly appointed as "official GNU". This occurred before the Gnome Foundation existed. The Gnome Foundation was launched in a big media launch in 1999 or 2000, I forget, and Gnumatic was one of eight(?) founding members. GnuCash was not originally a part of pre-foundation Gnome, as the earliest version of GnuCash used the Motif widget toolkit, and wasn't converted to gnome till later. FWIW I was also CEO of Gnumatic, and www.gnucash.org is within arms reach of where I sit right now--yes, I've been paying the internet bill for a decade now :-/ Oh, and the server averages 1GByte/day downloads, except when its slashdotted. Oh, and can someone *please* hit the American telecoms over the head, so that my internet bill can come down? Please? Because I'm paying wayyyy tooo much. linas (talk) 04:47, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Thumperwad also claims it isn't part of gnome, but it has sometimes been considered to be part of GNOME Office (though it isn't currently claimed to be part of it). --Karnesky 15:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

According to the README on GNU's FTP site, anything in this directory is part of the GNU project. And lookie here.

As for being part of GNOME, well, what is and isn't part of GNOME is still up for debate on Wikipedia, but it doesn't follow the GNOME release schedule and isn't hosted on gnome.org (two key indicators). Chris Cunningham 16:07, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks--I agree saying it is part of the GNU project is fine. I'd like to nail down what is part of GNOME. Can we generate better criteria? I don't think Gimp meets the key indicators, but there is a great deal of historical and developer overlap. Gnumeric is hosted on gnome.org, but AbiWord is not. --Karnesky 16:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

We've had this out on Talk:GNOME before. There really isn't an official line right now, and Wikipedia is (surprise surprise!) given to inclusionism on the issue. As it's provably part of GNU and only tenuously part of GNOME, going with GNU only is probabky better for now. Chris Cunningham 16:19, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Included in other programs?

Is this bundled or part of the source code used in other projects? how hard is it to do that. Can Open dental use the source code to improve its accounting section. 98.198.17.40 (talk) 04:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)