the previous version didnt require that either. but no you dont have to do it with this version.
This is what I am referring to,
Correct, only 4.0+ transactions are currently being recognized by the PoS miner.
In order for the coins to stake you had to send them out and send them back to your wallet in order for the wallet to pick it up as older transactions would not stake at all.
Almost all of my transactions are pre-4.0