"Downgrade" GnuCash version made "Root Account" - why?

[Al Pacifico]

On Nov 10, 2007 10:56 AM, Josh Sled <jsled at asynchronous.org> wrote:
> "Al Pacifico" <adpacifico at users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> > Now when I open my file, all my previous top-level accounts are
> > children of "Root Account." I've been using GnuCash for years and I'm
> > finding this a tad annoying for entering transactions.
> [...]
> > I am considering switching to debian lenny (testing), but first wanted
> > to ask here if there was an easy way to make the former top-level
> > accounts top-level again and if the improvements between 2.0.5 and
> > 2.2.1 are likely to change my (already nearly completely satisfied)
> > user experience much.
>
> I've just added a FAQ for the 2.2 -> 2.0 Root account issue:
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_downgraded_from_GnuCash_2.2_to_2.0.3B_what.27s_up_with_this_ROOT_account.3F
>
> It was my understanding that 2.0.5 had code to "ignore" the root account, but
> apparently it does not, as per your experience.

I'm a bit confused...it won't matter for me, but I would expect that
the page state "If you're planning on using the same datafile between
a 2.0.{<5} and 2.2 installation, every time you open the datafile with
2.0, the Root account will be re-inserted." then?

>
> The overview of 2.2 changes is at
> <http://www.gnucash.org/#070715-2-2-0.news>, to help you decide if you want
> to use 2.2 or not.
>
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Al Pacifico
Seattle, WA