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[David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

This is particularly egregious since the PPA version of Openshot 2

a) overwrites the file associations
b) does this under the guise of "Openshot" rather than either "OpenShot 2" or "OpenShot Qt"
c) does an autosave after autoconversion
d) does not ask questions before overwriting previous project files
e) is too unstable and slow to work with older hardware
f) rewrites the file in-place

As a result, when you install openshot-qt in parallel to your existing
OpenShot 1.4 and unsuspectingly click on an .osp file, you get offered
"Open with OpenShot" as usual.  If you click on it, /usr/bin/openshot-qt
rather than /usr/bin/openshot gets called on the file and autoconverts
it into its own format, overwriting the old file _in-place_.  As a
result, no undeletion utility is able to recover it.  Nor does rewinding
a meta-data journal on the file system help.

Just closing the accidentally opened OpenShot 2 without any change is
enough to destroy the original project file.

As a result, one must _not_ even install OpenShot 2 for testing purposes
as it will get called in unexpected situations without any possibility
to prevent it from destroying existing project files in an inrecoverable
manner even when you try immediately exiting it again.

This is a bad idea.

** Affects: openshot
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654653

Title:
  Openshot 2 destroys Openshot 1 project files without backup

Status in OpenShot Video Editor:
  New

Bug description:
  This is particularly egregious since the PPA version of Openshot 2

  a) overwrites the file associations
  b) does this under the guise of "Openshot" rather than either "OpenShot 2" or "OpenShot Qt"
  c) does an autosave after autoconversion
  d) does not ask questions before overwriting previous project files
  e) is too unstable and slow to work with older hardware
  f) rewrites the file in-place

  As a result, when you install openshot-qt in parallel to your existing
  OpenShot 1.4 and unsuspectingly click on an .osp file, you get offered
  "Open with OpenShot" as usual.  If you click on it, /usr/bin/openshot-
  qt rather than /usr/bin/openshot gets called on the file and
  autoconverts it into its own format, overwriting the old file _in-
  place_.  As a result, no undeletion utility is able to recover it.
  Nor does rewinding a meta-data journal on the file system help.

  Just closing the accidentally opened OpenShot 2 without any change is
  enough to destroy the original project file.

  As a result, one must _not_ even install OpenShot 2 for testing
  purposes as it will get called in unexpected situations without any
  possibility to prevent it from destroying existing project files in an
  inrecoverable manner even when you try immediately exiting it again.

  This is a bad idea.

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