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gnucash is much better than its description

Bug #458400 reported by kvaml
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnucash

Suggested Text:

GnuCash Finance Management

Gnucash provides accounting functions suitable for use by small businesses and individuals. It can track finances in multiple accounts, keeping running and reconciled balances. There is support for customer, vendor and employee processing. It has an X based graphical user interface, double entry, a hierarchy of accounts, expense accounts (categories), and can import Quicken QIF files and OFX files.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: gnucash 2.2.6-2ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnucash
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic i686

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kvaml (kvamlnk) wrote :
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Waldir Leoncio (wleoncio) wrote :

Fair enough, it does seem better than "Gnucash can track finances in multiple accounts, keeping running and reconciled balances. It has an X based graphical user interface, double entry, a hierarchy of accounts, expense accounts (categories), and can import Quicken QIF files and OFX files." I'm just not sure whether this is a bug report or a feature request.

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kvaml (kvamlnk) wrote : Re: [Bug 458400] Re: gnucash is much better than its description

On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 19:44 +0000, Waldir Leoncio wrote:
> Fair enough, it does seem better than "Gnucash can track finances in
> multiple accounts, keeping running and reconciled balances. It has an X
> based graphical user interface, double entry, a hierarchy of accounts,
> expense accounts (categories), and can import Quicken QIF files and OFX
> files." I'm just not sure whether this is a bug report or a feature
> request.
>

I got a lot of grief from my local Linux User Group, when I dismissed
gnucash as a Quicken style application when I was looking for small
business accounting software. I've finally converted to gnucash and I'm
quite happy.

I think it would be a feature request, if there was no package
description. Since the description is there, but inadequate, I'd call
it a bug. I do not really care. I do hope that "better marketing" will
induce more people to make use of gnucash.

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Waldir Leoncio (wleoncio) wrote :

Ok, so I'm gonna mark this as "Confirmed", I think devs don't need any more information in order to work on it.

Changed in gnucash (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in gnucash (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Micha Lenk (micha) wrote :

I will upload the next version with an updated package description.

Changed in gnucash (Debian):
assignee: nobody → Micha Lenk (micha)
status: New → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnucash - 1:2.4.0-5

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gnucash (1:2.4.0-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * First upload of Gnucash 2.4.0 to Debian unstable.
  * Re-worded and improved the package description (LP: #458400)
 -- ALEFHAHMEEMDAL ALEFLAMMEEMHAHMEEMWAWDALYEH (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) <email address hidden> Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:18:15 +0100

Changed in gnucash (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Micha Lenk (micha)
Changed in gnucash (Debian):
assignee: Micha Lenk (micha) → nobody
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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