diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-whats-new.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-whats-new.sgml index 105abffb37..0d6694753d 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-whats-new.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-whats-new.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ - What's new in GnuCash 1.5 (soon to be 1.6)? + What's new in GnuCash 1.6? @@ -209,6 +209,24 @@ business accounting features database support will be needed to handle massive datasets. + The Postgres backend allows multiple simultaneous + users to work on the same set of accounts at the same + time. When one user makes a change to a transaction, + the change is sent to the Postgres database, and other + users see the effect of that change within (10) seconds. + The Postgres backend also maintains an audit trail + of modified transactions, allowing you to see what changed, + when. (Currently, there is no GUI to review the audit trail, + one must be an SQL user to review the trail). The + Postgres backend also 'caches' data, so that a user + only sees the data they are working with, without requiring + that the entire contents of the database be loaded into + GnucCash. This should make it possible to work with much + larger datasets. The Postgres backend is currently 'beta', + meaning tht it works, but hasn't been well-tested, and + may contain bugs. + + Similarly, an RPC backend exists, which allows you to seperate the engine and interface and have them running on totally seperate machines. Developments