#5876 NORM Never A: objects in the journal not tied to an activity after opened

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#5876: objects in the journal not tied to an activity after opened
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  Reporter:  tomeu   |       Owner:  Eben          
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  sugar   |     Version:                
Resolution:          |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:                
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Comment(by tamichan):

 Eden wrote:
 > For instance, what if I open the image but don't make any changes?
 Perhaps then it retains its raw form.

 On the build 653, if an image taken by Record activity is opened by Paint
 activity, the file format is changed from JPEG to PNG and the original
 image is lost.

 tomeu wrote:
 > So the original object is left in the journal as an activity-less
 object. And also entries would never change from one activity to another,
 just new entries would appear in new branches, each tied to its activity.

 The same issue is found with a PDF file (imported from USB stick) and Read
 activity. I am not sure whether it is the right thing to create a new
 entry in that case.  I guess it would be OK to store activity/activity_id
 in the original object (the PDF file) as long as the content of the
 original object is not modified.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5876#comment:3>
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