[GNC] The red line -- why not by date?

[Stan Brown]

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?)

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Regards,
Stan Brown
Tompkins County, New York, USA
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