From 098d4c7c9f26e9036015f1095489f86848a7f91e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 05:44:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] site: HCAR entry --- NEWS.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 29812cb06..8112cc802 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -4,6 +4,43 @@ title: hledger news # News +## 2011/11/1 Haskell Communities and Activities Report + +hledger is a library and end-user tool (with command-line, curses and web +interfaces) for converting, recording, and analyzing financial +transactions, using a simple human-editable plain text file format. It is +a haskell port and friendly fork of John Wiegley's Ledger, licensed under +GNU GPLv3+. + +hledger aims to be a reliable, practical tool for daily use. It reports +charts of accounts or account balances, filters transactions by type, +helps you record new transactions, converts CSV data from your bank, +publishes your text journal with a rich web interface, generates simple +charts, and provides an API for use in your own financial scripts and +apps. + +In the last six months there have been two major releases. 0.15 focussed +on features and 0.16 focussed on quality. Changes include: + +- new modal command-line interface, extensible with hledger-* executables in the path +- more useful web interface, with real account registers and basic charts +- hledger-web no longer needs to create support files, and uses latest yesod & warp +- more ledger compatibility +- misc command enhancements, API improvements, bug fixes, documentation updates +- lines of code increased by 3k to 8k +- project committers increased by 6 to 21 + +Current plans include: + +- Continue the release rhythm of odd-numbered = features, even-numbered = + quality/stability/polish, and releasing on the first of a month + +- In 0.17, clean up the storage layer, allow rcs integration via + filestore, and read (or convert) more formats + +- Keep working towards wider usefulness, improving the web interface and + providing standard financial reports + ## 2011/10/26 hledger-web 0.16.5 * web: fix a ghc 6.12 incompatibility in Settings.hs