[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 355086] Re: Wesnoth save game file format in jaunty is incompatible (1.4 -> 1.6) and saves just vanish

[Pauli]

install:

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wesnoth/wesnoth-1.4.7.tar.bz2?download
tar xf wesnoth-1.4.7.tar.bz2
cd wesnoth-1.4.7
sudo apt-get build-dep wesnoth
./autogen.sh --program-suffix=_old
make
sudo make install
wesnoth_old

remove:
cd wesnoth-1.4.7
sudo make uninstall
cd ..
rm -r wesnoth-1.4.7

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Wesnoth save game file format in jaunty is incompatible (1.4 -> 1.6) and saves just vanish
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Status in “wesnoth” source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix

Bug description:
Binary package hint: wesnoth

I have completed 23 out of 25 scenarios in the Wesnoth campaign "Heir to the Throne". I then upgraded to the Jaunty beta, which replaces Wesnoth 1.4 with 1.6. Now, none of my saved games are available in the GUI, and so I can't load them!

This campaign took rather a long time to play. If this were my only computer, I would cry. Fortunately, I have another one and can use rsync to move the saves across and finish the campaign. But other people will not be so lucky.

There needs to be some sort of warning, or a conversion script, or the ability to keep 1.4 installed as well... or something! Just "losing" all the saved games (although the data remains in the Wesnoth directory, at least at first) and not telling the user anything is unacceptable IMO.