The reverse is also true. Someone wanting transactions older than say 90 days to be read only would have to change the date every day if it were a specific date setting.
As of 3.2 it is still a # of days setting, not a date. I see the utility of both. Perhaps file an RFE? Regards, Adrien > On Aug 9, 2018, at 4:06 AM, Stan Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looking at this bug report > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795831 > I was reminded of a question I had while entering all my historical data > in GC. > > This concerns the red line, File » Properties » Accounts » threshold for > read-only. > > Why is the red line set for a number of days in the past, rather than a > date? Surely it makes more sense to say "no changes to transactions > before 1 January 2018" than to say "no change to transactions X or more > days ago". Not only do we have to calculate how many days ago our freeze > date was, but the red line _moves_ every day, and we have to re-set it > every day. This makes it significantly harder to use than it could be. > > Or if there's some reason for setting "no transactions before X days > ago, could we add the option of setting the red line by date and having > it stay at that date? > > (I'm still in 2.6.19, because as a Windows user the reported bugs have > scared me off from upgrading so far. Maybe the red line CAN be set by > date in release 3.x?) > > -- > Regards, > Stan Brown > Tompkins County, New York, USA > http://BrownMath.com > http://OakRoadSystems.com > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
