[GNC] Proposed change of "U+R" and "R" in the Import main matcher.

[Adrien Monteleone]

Just curious here,

So, if a user has years (decades even) of historical transactions that have already long ago been officially reconciled, the GnuCash importer does not offer the option of importing this historical data as reconciled but only ‘cleared’?

Thus, someone coming to GnuCash and wanting to import historical records for continuity (taking advantage of reporting that GnuCash offers which other software may not) the user has to re-reconcile each and every period for their entire historical import? Really?

Please someone tell me I misunderstood something...

*note* I get it if this simply hasn’t been implemented or accounted for yet, I just am curious as to the current state of affairs.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Aug 6, 2019, at 7:58 PM, David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I also agree that marking transactions as "R" when reconciled would be
> clearer, however it is not a part of what I propose for these specific
> changes at this time. 
> 
> The importer code is relatively isolated from the core GnuCash functionality
> and changes there are unlikely to have a wider impact on the GnuCash.The
> proposed changes are mainly labels changes and a few simple documentation
> changes with no significant changes in the code functionality and no likely
> impact in other parts of the code. 
> 
> Changing the register code is a little more complex and as it is a change in
> the value stored for a property of a transaction, and that may have impacts
> in many different areas of the code. There is much more likelihood of
> producing undesirable bugs inadvertently. I think it would be better to
> treat it as a separate exercise and spend a bit of time researching the
> impact before making any changes to the register code.
> 
> I am aslo more familiar with the importer code than the register code at
> this stage.
> 
> David Cousens