Comment 4 for bug 317822

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 <email address hidden> 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
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> 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.
>