From 36387a27119f9c1926f2e36b3630c2c32b4d77ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:40:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: include HCAR entries on NEWS, keep only last HCAR entry's source --- HCAR-200811.tex | 19 -------------- HCAR-200905.tex | 19 -------------- HCAR-201105.tex => HCAR.tex | 0 NEWS.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 HCAR-200811.tex delete mode 100644 HCAR-200905.tex rename HCAR-201105.tex => HCAR.tex (100%) diff --git a/HCAR-200811.tex b/HCAR-200811.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 99ab61123..000000000 --- a/HCAR-200811.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -\begin{hcarentry}{hledger} -\report{Simon Michael}%11/08 -\participants{} -\makeheader - -hledger is a command-line accounting tool similar to John Wiegley’s ledger tool. - -The first release has been published on Hackage, and has attracted some -interest. It can be used for generating simple balance and transaction -reports from a plain-text general ledger. A home page and mail list has -also been created. - -Immediate plans are to add some more of the most useful features from c++ -ledger, so that hledger can be used for day-to-day finances, and to grow -the community of contributors. - -\FurtherReading - \url{http://joyful.com/hledger} -\end{hcarentry} diff --git a/HCAR-200905.tex b/HCAR-200905.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 280f29b35..000000000 --- a/HCAR-200905.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -\begin{hcarentry}{hledger} -\report{Simon Michael}%05/09 -\participants{} -\makeheader - -hledger is a (primarily) command-line accounting tool similar to John -Wiegley's "ledger". It reads a plain text journal file describing money -or commodity transactions, or timelog entries, and generates precise -activity and balance reports. - -Since the last report, hledger has reached release 0.4 on Hackage. It has -60 test cases, new features such as basic curses and web-based interfaces, -and has had some performance tuning. It is now quite useful for day to day -reporting of money and time. Also, the project has a new web address -(hledger.org), and has attracted two new committers. - -\FurtherReading - \url{http://hledger.org} -\end{hcarentry} diff --git a/HCAR-201105.tex b/HCAR.tex similarity index 100% rename from HCAR-201105.tex rename to HCAR.tex diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 7b7fa0c66..85f0ce59d 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -102,6 +102,31 @@ title: hledger news * some old base 3 support has been dropped * the old -s flag has been dropped +## 2011/05 Haskell Communities and Activities Report + +hledger is a haskell port and friendly fork of John Wiegley's ledger. It +is a robust command-line accounting tool with a simple human-editable data +format. Given a plain text file describing transactions, of money or any +other commodity, hledger will print the chart of accounts, account +balances, or transactions you're interested in. It can also help you +record transactions, or convert CSV data from your bank. There are also +curses and web interfaces. The project aims to provide a reliable, +practical day-to-day financial reporting tool, and also a useful library +for building financial apps in haskell. + +Since hledger's last HCAR entry in 2009, hledger became cabalised, had 10 +non-bugfix releases on hackage, split into multiple packages, acquired a +public mailing list, bug tracker, fairly comprehensive manual, +cross-platform binaries, and has grown to 5k lines of code and 15 +committers. 0.14 has just been released, with 5 code committers. + +The project is available under the GNU GPLv3 or later, at http://hledger.org . + +Current plans are to continue development at a steady pace, to attract +more developers, and to become more useful to a wider range of users, eg +by building in more awareness of standard accounting procedures and by +improving the web and other interfaces. + ## 2011/4/22 hledger 0.14 [announcement](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.finance.ledger.hledger/383) @@ -501,6 +526,19 @@ Release stats: * Tests: 76 * Known errors: 0 +## 2009/05 Haskell Communities and Activities Report + +hledger is a (primarily) command-line accounting tool similar to John +Wiegley's "ledger". It reads a plain text journal file describing money +or commodity transactions, or timelog entries, and generates precise +activity and balance reports. + +Since the last report, hledger has reached release 0.4 on Hackage. It has +60 test cases, new features such as basic curses and web-based interfaces, +and has had some performance tuning. It is now quite useful for day to day +reporting of money and time. Also, the project has a new web address +(hledger.org), and has attracted two new committers. + ## 2009/04/03 hledger 0.4 [announcement](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.finance.ledger.general/1097) @@ -635,6 +673,19 @@ Release stats: * Tests: 43 * Known errors: 0 +## 2008/11 Haskell Communities and Activities Report + +hledger is a command-line accounting tool similar to John Wiegley’s ledger tool. + +The first release has been published on Hackage, and has attracted some +interest. It can be used for generating simple balance and transaction +reports from a plain-text general ledger. A home page and mail list has +also been created. + +Immediate plans are to add some more of the most useful features from c++ +ledger, so that hledger can be used for day-to-day finances, and to grow +the community of contributors. + ## 2008/10/15 hledger 0.1 [announcement](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.finance.ledger.general/775)