testing the book zeroing code (maybe for backport?)

[Tim Wunder]

On Saturday 02 February 2008 11:22:59 am Manfred Usselmann wrote:
> Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> schrieb am Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:37:42
>
> -0500:
> > On Saturday 02 February 2008 03:34:59 am Christian Stimming wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008 22:18 schrieb Andreas Köhler:
> > > > > Over this weekend I implemented a simple book closing feature
> > > > > that lets you zeroize the Income and Expense accounts into
> > > > > Equity.  It's comprised of changesets r16713, 16714, and 16715.
> > > > > It's only impemented in the trunk branch at the moment.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please test and comment and let me know if you find any
> > > > > problems with it.  If it works well and doesn't have many
> > > > > issues maybe we can get it into 2.2.3 or 2.2.4.
> > > >
> > > > what do you think, shall we consider this for GnuCash 2.2.4?
> > >
> > > I'd say yes for back-port. I haven't tested this myself, though, but
> > > compared to other features we have in 2.2.x it is probably complete
> > > enough.
> >
> > Unless it's changed from the last time I tried it at the end of
> > December, I'd recommend against backport. Adding features that are
> > "probably complete enough" isn't a good idea, IMO.
>
> What exactly needs to be changed from your perspective to make it good
> enough? As far as I remember the discussion in December, there was
> no serious issue open? Or did I miss something?
>
> This function would be very useful for me to close 2007. Currently I
> didn't do it manually because I was hoping the function would be
> available in the near future. So I would love to see it in 2.2.4.
>

My main complaint with it is that, for my data file, it takes what seems like 
a long time to complete, and it offers no feedback to the user that something 
is happening during that time. While that's not a game breaker, it adds a 
level of unfinishedness that, IMO, shouldn't appear in the branched release.

So, no, that's not a big deal, and I wouldn't complain if the dev's decide to 
backport the feature. I just don't think the feature currently has the same 
level of completeness that the rest of gnucash has. But, that's just my 
opinion and it's worth every penny that you've paid for it.

Tim
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