reconcile workflow

[Geert Janssens]

On Thursday 27 May 2010, Anthony Dardis wrote:
> When reconciling eg a checkbook account, GC asks for the account closing
> date, guesses an ending balance, and allows you to put in your own ending
> balance. Suppose you first put in an ending balance and don't change the
> offered closing date (today, I think). Then check off transactions so that
> the account balances to your statement. Then you realize you want to
> change the closing date. You postpone the reconcile, start it again, then
> put in the correct closing date. GC will then guess an ending balance
> again, overwriting the entry you put in the first time. Then (unless you
> already know about this) you will be confused: the account was balanced,
> but it's not balanced any more, since the closing balance has changed.
> 
> Recommendation: if the user enters a closing balance, don't overwrite it.
> 
1. Please don't hijack threads. If you wish to discuss a new topic, create a 
new thread for it. You can do this by creating a new message instead of 
replying to an existing one.

2. This recommendation is a potentially interesting enhancement. I propose you 
add it in bugzilla (gnome.bugzilla.org). If you could supply a patch that 
solve this, it would even be better.

Geert
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