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[Andrew Wilkinson <ajw.free@xxxxxxxxx>]

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 15.04 to Ubuntu 15.10 beta 2.

After doing a package upgrade on 30 September 2015 I noticed that the
gvfs package updated.

I have now tested transferring files via USB from my Samsung Galaxy Note
4 phone to my Ubuntu 15.10 desktop and I am pleased to report that the
timestamp  is correctly preserved.

I should add that it has been a very frustrating long wait (over two
years), for this critical bug to be fixed.  Such a long delay is
potentially damaging to Ubuntu as bugs of this nature should receive top
priority.  Mobile phones and tablets are now a way of life and it is
simply unacceptable to lose the date information on a file that is
transferred from a phone to a PC - it is a form of "data corruption".

I am grateful to the software developers who fixed the bug in time for
the release of Ubuntu 15.10.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1175947

Title:
  gvfs-copy --preserve doesn't work with MTP devices

Status in gvfs:
  Fix Released
Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gvfs source package in Vivid:
  New

Bug description:
  * Impact
  When using gvfs-copy --preserve from a MTP device to local, the timestamp is not preserved.

  touch "localfile" --reference="MTP file" works ok.
  I assume --preserve is not working.

  * Test case
  copy files from a mtp device using the --preserve option and check timestamps

  * Regression potential
  verify files copied from mtp devices and their attributes

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