update to release 1.9.6

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@14071 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-14  Chris Lyttle  <chris@wilddev.net>
+
+	* NEWS: Added some text about the release.
+	* configure.in: Change to version 1.9.6
+
 r14050 | chris | 2006-05-14 17:30:22 -0400 (Sun, 14 May 2006) | 2 lines
 
    M /gnucash/trunk/src/engine/Transaction.c

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 Version history:
 ------- -------
 
+ 1.9.6 - 14 May 2006
+ 	 o Welcome to GnuCash 1.9.6 aka "Time to make a difference" the first
+	 beta release of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting Software which will
+	 eventually lead to the stable version 2.0.0. This release contains 
+	 many bugfixes since the sixth unstable release.
+	 o PLEASE TEST any and all features important to you. Then post any 
+	 bugs you find to bugzilla
+	 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
+	 o We would like to encourage people to test this and any further
+	 releases as much as possible and submit bug reports in order that we
+	 can polish GnuCash to be as stable as possible for the 2.0.0 release
+	 in a few weeks.
+	 o Major bugfixes include -
+	 o More Register fixes.
+	 o Fixes to Scheduled Transactions.
+	 o Many Report fixes.
+ 	 o Many updated translations.
+	 o New icons
+	 o Fixes to lots functionality
+	 o Fixes to logging
+	 o Many Qof fixes
+	 o Fixes to budgeting
+	 o HBCI fixes
+
  1.9.5 - 16 Apr 2006
  	 o Welcome to GnuCash 1.9.5 aka "The final countdown begins" the sixth
 	 of several unstable releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting

configure.in

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([gnucash], [1.9.5], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
+AC_INIT([gnucash], [1.9.6], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/engine/Transaction.h)