[GNC] editing reconciled transactions changes reconcile status

[Geert Janssens]

Op dinsdag 8 januari 2019 07:23:47 CET schreef Liz:
> I was going to say "irrelevant, I have all warnings set"
> but on checking I find that "change contents of reconciled split" was
> unset.
> 
> However, there is no sane reason for changing the Payee or description
> of a reconciled split and unreconciling the transaction.
> Yes, it is an Asset account.

Let's take a step back.

The idea behind the current reconcile behavior is that you check off the data 
you have in GnuCash against what's on the statement you receive from your 
bank. It follows that only data that's actually on your statement can be 
verified and hence only that data should be "protected" once a transaction is 
reconciled.

This has been discussed a couple of months back and back then it was decided 
the following information is typically found on a statement to be protected:
1. Transaction date
2. Transaction number
3. Transaction description
4. Transaction amount (which translates in the split amount for the split in 
the account for which the statement is created).

So these fields can be verified and are hence protected by reconciliation.

I'll note past discussions on this topic seem to go in all directions. Some 
people believe more fields should be protected others believe some fields 
should not be.

The above is the current state. I'm open to further discussion on this with a 
broader audience to get to something that's more generally accepted.

Regards,

Geert