Bug 631789 update

[Geert Janssens]

On Wednesday 20 October 2010, Thomas Bullock wrote:
> Geert,
> 
> Thanks for pointing out that my remarks should be part of bug.  Following
>  your recommendation, I have added an additional comment to that bug.
> 
Thanks for the comments.

> How does a  bug update get added automatically to the developer's list?  Or
>  does it?  Do changes to a bug discussion go only to those subscribing to
>  the bug?
> 
The list is not automatically informed of updates. People interested in 
further discussion on this topic should subscribe to the bug. I think that is 
ok. If more people on the list had remarks they would have made those by now.

Also by my announcement of the existence of the bug, others still interested 
can go over there and subscribe.

The reason I suggest to follow up on the bug, is that it's better to keep 
comments in one place. If there's a bug report that's the preferred place as 
it's easier to manage feature requests from there.

Sometimes I come across a bug report that needs more input than it is getting. 
I such cases I sometimes announce the existence of that bug on the devel list 
and ask for more input. Usually some of the other devs and list followers will 
then add there comments to the bug in bugzilla.

That's roughly how these two communication channels interact for me.

Geert

> Tom
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geert Janssens [mailto:janssens-geert at telenet.be]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:16 AM
> > To: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org; Thomas Bullock
> > Subject: Re: Summary bar description (was: Patch for guide file
> > "ch_basics.xml")
> >
> > On Saturday 16 October 2010, Tom Bullock wrote:
> > >   Geert and Juergen,
> > >
> > > Earlier exchanges stated:
> > > > >  "Assets" is the sum of all accounts of types Bank, Cash, Asset,
> >
> > Stock,
> >
> > > > > Mutual Fund, Credit Card, Liability, A/Payable and A/Receivable,
> > > > > obviously taking the proper sign into account. Calling this
> >
> > "Assets"
> >
> > > > > would indeed be confusing at least.
> > >
> > > Just netting (offsetting credits [liabilities] against debits
> >
> > [assets]
> >
> > > from the balance sheet) these together gives "Net Assets", not net
> > > worth.  Net worth is a duration concept, meaning activity over time.
> >
> > It
> >
> > > refers to the use of assets to generate income while incurring
> >
> > expenses
> >
> > > to do that.  Net Assets is a point-in-time concept and excludes any
> > > income statement activity.
> > >
> > > Given what has been said to this point, the most accurate term I
> >
> > have
> >
> > > seen is "net assets" for the place where a better name is needed.
> >
> > This very same issue has recently been reported in a bug:
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631789
> >
> > I have added references there to this thread.
> >
> > I don't speak English accounting language fluently, so I have to
> > accept
> > whatever others agree upon here. I would suggest to continue any
> > further
> > discussion on this description on the bug report.
> >
> > Geert
>