[Bugs] #1765 UNSP: Changes to a Journal entries metadata are wiped if activity is still open (0.84)

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#1765: Changes to a Journal entries metadata are wiped if activity is still open
(0.84)
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    Reporter:  erikos                     |          Owner:  erikos     
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  assigned   
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  0.84       
   Component:  sugar-toolkit              |        Version:  0.84.x     
    Severity:  Critical                   |     Resolution:             
    Keywords:  r?                         |   Distribution:  Unspecified
Status_field:  New                        |  
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Comment(by sayamindu):

 I'm also getting the following traceback in the logs (with the updated
 patch) - on pressing the Keep button:

 {{{
 1269291433.264587 ERROR dbus.connection: Unable to set arguments (None,)
 according to signature u's': <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: Expected a
 string or unicode object
 1269291433.265458 ERROR dbus.connection: Exception in handler for D-Bus
 signal:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 214, in
 maybe_handle_message
     self._handler(*args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/datastore/datastore.py",
 line 135, in __object_updated_cb
     byte_arrays=True)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in
 __call__
     **keywords)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in
 call_blocking
     message.append(signature=signature, *args)
 TypeError: Expected a string or unicode object
 }}}

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