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

[Emmet Hikory]

No need to recompile.  Just grab the intrepid wesnoth from launchpad,
and install that (unless you want to play both versions at once).  Or
just don't upgrade wesnoth at the time of upgrade, until you've finished
the campaign.

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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.