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Public bug reported:

Steps to reproduce

- open a folder that contains subfolders (and optionally files), of which at least some contains in turn at least a couple of levels of subfolders with files inside it
- select list view
- click on the "modified" column to sort items by modification date

Expected:
* both the files and folders should be ordered by modification date. For folders, modification date should be the date of last modification of the item most recently modified inside the folder, RECURSIVELY. That is, for example, the folder containing the file most recently modified, at ANY level of its subtree, should be considered the most recently modified folder

Observed:
* Files stright inside the current folder are ordered correctly, but folders are ordered in a seemingly random manner. Often, the folder that you'd expect to be on the top of the list (in reverse chronological order) is pretty close, but many times it's not, and the overall sorting certainly doesn't satisfy the expected criteria. 

I suspect the modification dates of items inside the folders are taken
into account but not recursively. If that is the case, it's a
meaningless and hence wrong criteria.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-48.80-generic 3.13.11-ckt16
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Apr 19 18:22:28 2015
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'use-tree-view' b'true'
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (554 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (329 days ago)

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  Sorting of folders by modification date is meaningless

Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce

  - open a folder that contains subfolders (and optionally files), of which at least some contains in turn at least a couple of levels of subfolders with files inside it
  - select list view
  - click on the "modified" column to sort items by modification date

  Expected:
  * both the files and folders should be ordered by modification date. For folders, modification date should be the date of last modification of the item most recently modified inside the folder, RECURSIVELY. That is, for example, the folder containing the file most recently modified, at ANY level of its subtree, should be considered the most recently modified folder

  Observed:
  * Files stright inside the current folder are ordered correctly, but folders are ordered in a seemingly random manner. Often, the folder that you'd expect to be on the top of the list (in reverse chronological order) is pretty close, but many times it's not, and the overall sorting certainly doesn't satisfy the expected criteria. 

  I suspect the modification dates of items inside the folders are taken
  into account but not recursively. If that is the case, it's a
  meaningless and hence wrong criteria.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-48.80-generic 3.13.11-ckt16
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Apr 19 18:22:28 2015
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'use-tree-view' b'true'
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']"
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (554 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (329 days ago)

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