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<chapter id="whatsnew">
<chapterinfo>
  <date>2024-12-01</date>
  <releaseinfo>5.2.0</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>
<title>What's new in this release</title>

<sect1><title>Bug fixes and enhancements to functionality</title>
<para>
  As with every release, the &kmymoney; development team continues to work hard to
  make each version better and easier to use in every way.  Many bugs have been fixed
  since the previous stable release of 5.1.3; several areas of the program have seen
  functional enhancements; but the major noticeable changes from the 5.1 series of
  releases are in the ledger - more details below.
</para>

<para>
  The conversion from using the earlier &kde; libraries to &kde-frameworks; was
  essentially complete in the early 5.1.x releases, with much of that work behind the
  scenes and not directly visible to the end user.  The general look and feel should
  continue to remain stable, although some minor changes may be noticeable.  In
  addition, the team has begun to make changes to support the conversion to using Qt6
  and KDE6 libraries, which have already started to replace Qt5 and KDE5.  With all
  these changes, the basic functionality of the program remains the same, aside from
  intentional bug fixes, improvements, and additions.
</para>

<para>
  In past releases, this section of the manual included a list of many of the
  specific bug fixes and functional enhancements.  However, rather than duplicating
  that information, you can find it directly in the <ulink
  url="https://kmymoney.org/changelog.html">Changelog</ulink>.
</para>

<para>
  The 5.0.x and 5.1.x series included some changes needing adjustments on the user's
  side, if they were upgrading from 4.8.x or an older version.  However, we expect
  that most users have converted to 5.1.x by now.  Specifically, there should be no
  adjustments needed by users converting from 5.1.x to 5.2.  If for some reason, you
  are still using &kmymoney; version 4, you are very strongly encouraged to upgrade,
  as it is getting increasingly difficult for the team to provide any assistance for
  very old versions.
</para>
</sect1>

<sect1><title>Updates to this Handbook</title>
<para>
  This section used to present some details related to the lack of a complete
  handbook update from 4.x to 5.x.  As the handbook has now been fully updated for
  5.2, this section is no longer necessary.
</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>
