Re: LedgerSMB 1.4.2 and 1.3.44 released

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Philip Rhoades <..hidden..> wrote:

Chris,

The 1.4.2 RPM installs OK and the setup was fairly painless - I did end
up with a user in the DB that had a leading space which caused me some
frustration but eventually everything worked out fine - thanks!

However, after following LSMB for some years my needs have changed
somewhat and maybe LSMB is overkill for me now - the main organisation I
need to use it for is a non-profit with four different bank accounts and
very few transactions. I mainly need to set something up so I can
easily keep track of the four different bank accounts for tax purposes.
Since I am already at least a little familiar with the environment from
SQLL days and then LSMB, do you think I should persist for the modest
accounting needs of this organisation?

It depends on what your needs are.

What LSMB 1.4 gives you is an ability to do a few things that smaller systems may not:

1. Financial statements

2. Funds accounting (new in 1.4 and not fully developed)

These features together make it a little easier to demonstrate to donors that money is being properly managed.

Best Wishes,

Chris Travers

Regards,

Phil.

On 2014-09-29 12:18, Chris Travers wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> In response to a problem found with batch processing in 1.4 and
> confirmed in 1.3, we have gone ahead and released 1.3.44 a bit early
> and with a fairly small changelog. Especially if you use batch
> processing on 1.3 you should upgrade. Long-time users may not notice
> the problem on older, upgraded databases, but with newer databases,
> the batch locks may lock users out of the software.
>
> The accompanying 1.4 release corrects a number of minor issues in
> 1.4.1. Additionally there have been some reports of silent failures
> when creating databases. In the cases we have been able to look at so
> far, this has been caused by Apache not being able to find the
> PostgreSQL client programs. Better handling of this condition will
> occur in future versions but in the mean time, we are happy to provide
> support for users experiencing this issue on the -users list.
>
> I have also revised the RPM packaging so that it uses the Dojo
> packages of RHEL, Fedora, and friends.
>
> Finally a note on the recent Shell Shock vulnerability in GNU Bash.
> We have tested the software in typical configurations and found that
> the vulnerability profile is fairly low. We expect to release a
> longer statement soon. While you should certainly update to address
> this vulnerability (especially given other remote exploits elsewhere
> on the system), LedgerSMB is not a significant attack vector as
> typically deployed.
>
> The following are the changelog for these releases:
>
> Changelog for 1.4.2
> * Separated address classes for employees out (bug 817, Chris T)
> * Fixed dojo issue with user address screen (Chris T)
> * Fixed bug 1219, log message of warning trial_balance/search.css
> (Chris T)
> * Fixed issue with demo_with_images invoice.tex item description
> (Chris T)
> * Display vendor's sku if available on orders and invoices, bug 1218
> (Chris T)
> * Fixed error unable to delete order (Chris T)
> * Fixed bug 1223 prices 0 if selected from parts search (Chris T)
> * Fixed issue, cannot log in after creating batch. (Chris T)
> * Fixed bug 1224, account dropdowns on budget screen not working
> (Chris T)
>
> Chris T is Chris Travers
>
> Changelog for 1.3.44
> * Allow blank salutations, bug 1204. (Chris T)
> * Easier creation of select widgets with blanks. (Chris T)
> * Display vendor's sku if available on orders and invoices, bug 1218
> (Chris T)
> * Fixed issue where locked batch prevents login (Chris T)
>
> Chris T is Chris Travers
>
> --
>
> Best Wishes,
> Chris Travers
>
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