Where we are at on the 1.4 changelog

General Enhancements:

* Performance enhancements on menu routines (Chris T and Steven M)

* Added +/- selection indicators to menu CSS (Chris T)

* Changing all auth calls to hit postgres db instead of template1 (Chris T)

* invoice.unit is now unbounded varchar to reduce errors (Chris T, 3516235)

* Invoices with inventory subject to draft/vouchers workflows (Chris T)

* Added Equity (Temp) account type, closed at year-end (Chris T)

* Added description field to transaction and invoice screens (Chris T)

* Removed ability to repost/delete transactions (Chris T)

* Partsgroups can now be nested though this is not yet used by LSMB (Chris T)

* Session expiration now with configurable behavior (Chris T)

Installation/Upgrade

* PostgreSQL contrib dependencies removed, now require Pg 8.4 (Chris T)

* LaTeX format detection now run-time call, not configured (Chris T)

Code/API improvements

* scripts/* files moved to make inheritance possible (Chris T)

* Removed the Config::Std dependency and moved to Config::General (Chris T)

* Improved error handling using Try::Tiny and die (Chris T)

* Added "dynatable.html" template that can be included in templates (Chris T)

* Dynatable forms obtained through GET now show link back to form (Chris T)

* LedgerSMB->error and Form->error now show db version and company (Chris T)

* Simpler use of Log::Log4perl instead of LedgerSMB::Log (Chris T)

* Centralized database commit for new code (Chris T)

New RESTful Web Services Framework

* Supports XML and JSON as input formats

* Supports XML and JSON as output formats

* Supports read/write for Contacts:

* Customers

* Vendors

* Employees

* Leads

* More

New Reporting Framework

* Easy bridge between SQL and display (Chris T)

* All reports exportable to CSV (Chris T)

* All reports exportable to PDF (Chris T)

* Unified UI for reports (Chris T)

* Enhanced trial balance allows for partial trial balance (Chris T)

* Enhanced trial balance allows for saved criteria (Chris T)

Customer/Vendor/Employee Handling and CRM

* Added sales tax id and license number fields for companies (Chris T)

* Simpified database schema (Chris T)

* Full text search of notes for customers/vendors (Chris T)

* Added file attachments to customers, vendors, employees, leads etc (Chris T)

* Added lead handling (Chris T)

New CSV Import Module

* Imports GL transactions (Chris T)

* Imports AP batches (Chris T)

* Imports charts of accounts entries (Erik H)

* Imports GIFI tables (Erik H)

* Imports SIC tables (Erik H)

* Imports timecards (Chris T)

* Imports initial inventory and periodic counts (Chris T)

* Extensible

* field maps can be overridden

New Business Reporting Unit System (Chris T)

* Replaces Projects and Departments

* Business reporting units may be nested

* Allows one to do funds accounting, track jobs separately from projects, etc

* Report on any combination of business reporting units (up to one per class)