When using meld as a source code browser, and you change the temp file it asks if you want to save changes to the temp file

[Rory McCann]

Binary package hint: meld

If you have a SVN directory with local changes, and you start meld on it e.g. "meld ." on the command line, then you will see all the changed files.
Open one of the files with changes.
The left hand side is the orignial version from SVN, and it is a temp file (usually under /tmp/)
Change some part of the file on the left.

What happens:
Meld will warn you that you have changed a file (the file in /tmp) and ask you if you want to save the changes.

What's wrong with this:#

Saving changes to the temp file is pointless, because that file will be thrown away, any changes made to it will be ignored.

This file on the left is the version of the file in SVN, if the user changes file in meld, then it's not obvious what that means, this causes user confusion.

What should happen:
Meld should realise that the file on the left (under /tmp) is a temporary file and shouldn't warn the user that there are changes to it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: meld 1.3.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 29 09:58:24 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meld

[VinceLe (legoll)]

Are you sure we should dismiss the modifications ?

What if the user did them mistakenly in the temp file,
the warning lets him know they may be lost...

Or maybe we should just make the buffer non editable,
but that me be useful sometimes...

So I'm not really sure this is a bug, maybe the message
should explain more accurately the situation.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner.

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. Further to comment #2, if this is still an issue using a maintained version of Ubuntu then please let us know otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for meld (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]