Tested on 8.10 and the bug appears to be indeed from the "store images in a directory relative to data file" setting.
Cheers, Ionutz On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ioan Calin Borcoman <ibo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have tested it a bit more extensively and the problem is also > present in 1.3-1ubuntu1/ubuntu 8.04. On ubuntu 8.04, the problem can > be reproduced like this: > > 1. create a book collection > 2. add a book to the collection (ex: ISBM: 0761532994) > 3. update the book info > 4. configure tellico to "store images in a directory relative to data > file" (this is important; Menu > Settings > Configure Tellico... > > General > Image Storage Options) > 5. save the collection > 6. close tellico and reopen it > 7. select the book in tellico - the collection will be marked as modified > > The bug is not triggered if tellico is configured to "store images in > data file" (this is the default setting and this is probably why you > were not able to reproduce it). > > If tellico is switched back to saving images in the data file, the > collection is no longer marked as modified when you browse it. > > Also, when tellico saves images in a directory, the collection is > marked as modified when you select a book for the first time, but, if > you save the collection, further browsing will not mark the collection > again as modified. > > Note: I haven't had the chance to test all these steps on my ubuntu > 8.10 install that I used for the initial report. As stated above, > these steps were tested only on ubuntu 8.04. > > Cheers, > > Ionutz > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Robby Stephenson <ro...@periapsis.org> wrote: >> Does the dialog box come back every time, even if you save once? Tellico >> tries to check if some of the internal data formats changed and changes >> the "changed" flag, even if the actual data didn't change. >> >> -- >> tellico always want to save the collection >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317822 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in "tellico" source package in Ubuntu: New >> >> Bug description: >> Binary package hint: tellico >> >> 1. Ubuntu 8.10 >> >> 2. tellico: >> Installed: 1.3.3-1ubuntu1~8.10prevu1 >> Candidate: 1.3.3-1ubuntu1~8.10prevu1 >> Version table: >> *** 1.3.3-1ubuntu1~8.10prevu1 0 >> 500 file: ./ Packages >> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >> 1.3.2.1-1ubuntu1 0 >> 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages >> >> 3. open a tellico book collection, browse some items, close tellico >> >> 4. if I browse the collection, the collection is marked as changed and I get >> a dialog asking me if I want to save the changes when I try to close >> tellico. This should not happen, unless I really change something like >> editing, adding or removing an item or changing the collection fields. >> Simply browsing should not mark the collection as 'dirty'. This is annoying, >> shorten the life of my hardware (if I keep my collection on an USB stick, >> saving the collection all the time can shorten its life), produce unwanted >> saves (if I save all the time, just to be sure nothing important is lost) or >> produce data loss (if I don't save because I forgot I really changed >> something). >> >> The collection is not marked if I simply open it, but not browse it. This >> bug is present in both 1.3.2 and 1.3.3. >> > -- tellico always want to save the collection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
