- Update to 5.6
+ Bugfixes
+ Numeric parsing and string handling improvements in the Engine and XML backend.
+ [gnc-dense-cal.c] sx popup: show date in preference (cf.locale) format
because the date format preference is user-facing and customisable. it's
jarring if the preference is dd/mm/yyyy and the display shows mm/dd/yyyy in
accordance to the locale.
+ Correct misleading description about creating Scheduled Transaction.
+ Date parsing efficiency improvements.
+ Update minumum Python version to 3.8, made necessary by updating the C API
in the Python bindings.
+ Replace deprecated distutils.sysconfig with sysconfig. distutils is not
present in Python 3.12.2.
+ Query user via dialog for date when creating a reverse transaction.
+ More C++ conversions
+ Avoid deprecation warning for -py3 in swig >= 4.1
+ [gnc-commodities.cpp] gnc_new_iso_codes is a std::unordered_map
+ Replace some naked for loops with C++ algorithms
+ Convert gnc-commodity to C++ and make GncQuoteSources a C++ class.
+ [test-commodities.cpp] add some tests for gnc_quote_sources
+ Remove the SLR status sort as it is too confusing
+ Allow sorting of the transaction column in the Since Last Run dialog by
schedule name or occurrence date. To sort by schedule name, a schedule name
is first selected and then the column header is pressed to change order. To
sort by occurrence date, a date is selected and then the column header is
pressed to change order based on the date of the first occurrence. A tool
tip has been added to indicate the sort order being used.
+ [gtest-gnc-numeric] add operator comparisons with example int64 numbers
+ [assistant-stock-transaction] store & retrieve associated account as metadata
+ Update Form/Schedule line references for 2023 for the US Income Tax Report
+ Update another gnucash-help to gnucash-manual
+ [invoice.scm] centralize layout components into layout-key-list instead of
maintaining 2 assoc lists.
+ [invoice.scm] normalize header section generators, changing the functions
to require 1 options argument only
+ Update invoice.scm: Add spacing for long Invoice ID's (Displayed as
"Reference" on the Invoice)