update to release 1.9.0

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@13157 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd

NEWS

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+ 1.9.0 - 08 Feb 2006
+ 	 o Welcome to GnuCash 1.9.0 aka "We're gonna make it!" the first of
+	 several unstable releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
+	 Software which will eventuall lead to the stable version 2.0.0. This
+	 release is the very first of the gtk2-based GnuCash series and is
+	 intended for developers and adventurous testers who want to help
+	 tracking down bugs.
+	 o WARNING WARNING WARNING - Make sure you make backups of any files
+	 used in testing versions of GnuCash in the 1.9.x series. Although the
+	 developers go to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we
+	 cannot guarentee that your data will not be affected if for some
+	 reason GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
+	 o PLEASE TEST TEST AND TEST SOME MORE 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 If you have the urge to help beyond testing please get involved in
+	 the discussions on the GnuCash mailing lists which you will find at
+	 http://www.gnucash.org. We especially need people to help with
+	 updating the documentation as all texts refer currently to the 1.8.x
+	 series. Please see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to
+	 get involved.
+	 o PS I'm not going to list the many features changed or updated in
+	 this release because obviously there is so much that has changed.
+
  1.8.12 - 19 Oct 2005
  	 o Online Banking/HBCI improvements: Debit notes are fixed
  	 again; Bank-internal money transfers are now supported, if