[Bugs] #1636 UNSP: Journal Entry storage / sharing via USB stick doesn't work

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#1636: Journal Entry storage / sharing via USB stick doesn't work
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    Reporter:  martin.langhoff            |          Owner:  alsroot                    
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  journal                    |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:  r?                         
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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Comment(by alsroot):

 Replying to [ticket:1636 martin.langhoff]:
 > Tested on OLPC F11 builds... -- this is also known as
 http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9657 -- and there is very good discussion
 there.
 >
 > On 0.84.x, if I
 >
 > 1 - using TurtleArt, create a new Journal entry (named "F11-100") with
 some content (and exit activity)
 >
 > 2 - plug in a USB stick
 >
 > 3 - copy the Journal entry to the USB stick via drag-n-drop in the
 Journal...
 >
 > 4 - exploring the USB disk shows a F11-100.gtar file with _no_ metadata,
 and the metadata seems to (maybe) be stored in a database in
 .olpc.store/index
 >
 > and then...
 >
 > 5 - unmount, unplug the USB disk
 >
 > 6 - plug it back in, wait for it to mount...
 >
 > 7 - Journal shows F11-100.gtar, and doesn't know what to do with it.
 >
 > Sugar 0.84 has fixed an old problem (the Journal going to la-la-land if
 the .olpc.store/inded DB was corrupt) by completely ignoring the metadata
 DB.
 >
 > Now, the metadata DB had a role in the workflow I describe above. Has
 anything taken that role? Maybe the new mechanism isn't kicking in
 correctly? Does it work on 0.86 somehow? (Maybe we can backport it?)

 since 0.84, non-ds sources treated in RO mode, initial 0.84 releases just
 failed, in 0.86 and last 0.84 patches(afaik) do not fail

 For 0.88, was proposed feature
 http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Sugar_Bundles

 ml discussion
 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.laptop.olpc.sugar/19495/focus=19499

 in my mind, having unified sugar bundles much preferable then bunch  of
 special files that accompany Journal objects on USB sources(and not only).

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