Comment 56 for bug 215499

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Marcelo Ramos (marcelor) wrote : Re: [Bug 215499] Re: Nautilus not preserving timestamps

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 3:33 PM, kpoole <email address hidden> wrote:

> My comment wasn't just about the camera issue. I'be found the same
> change in behavior when copying a file from Firefox to the desktop or a
> folder.
>
> But, give me a suggestion then. Do I open a bug with the Firefox people
> or with the Gnome people or with the Ubuntu people? It just seems odd
> that several different applications all report the same problem, the
> same change of behavior at the same time as 8.04 comes out. Did they
> all decide not to preserve timestamps at the same time or is it
> something in the system? Who handles copying a file from an application
> window to the Desktop or a folder?
>
> I notice that there is always a copy of Nautilus in the background and a
> new one will start up when the old one is killed. That prompts me to
> believe that, perhaps, Nautilus is overseeing the copying functions in
> the Gnome environment. Unfortunately, I'm running on empirical data so
> I can only work with what I see happening and telling me something isn't
> so doesn't change that.
>

It would be interesting to know if the problem happens with KDE too. That
can give good
hints about the origin of the behaviour.

Regards.

--
Marcelo Ramos