[Users] passwords deleted after downgrade ?

[Andrej Kacian]

On Fri, 5 May 2017 23:34:30 +0200
mi <codejodler at gmx.ch> wrote:

> > > Look if there is passwordstorerc.bak file, and try to replace
> > > passwordstorerc with it - hopefully it will still have the original
> > > passwords.    
> 
> > It seemed to me the .bak file is created every time claws closes ? Then of course it was gone, since i closed and restarted claws several times, in the process of down- and upgrade.  
> 
> Maybe think about this: Whenever something seems to be screwed, some users would first close the app, just for fear to break more things. Some others, like me, would close the app, to look into the configs, or maybe for an update. In any case, saving the same config as backup (and it seems to me, uncodnitionally?) redundantly, everytime when closing the app, doesn't help so much in these cases. I still can't figure what achievement it does.
> 
> It would be a small improvement when claws could backup that file only on-change (when modificated in the app). 
> But finally, the best bet could be additional rotating.

Yes, the current favourite (as discussed among developers) is more
file generations in rotation (.bak.1, .bak.2, ...). All that's needed
is for someone to implement it.

Regards,
-- 
Andrej