Saving image should reset archive attribute (even if date/time stamp unchanged)

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jotess
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Saving image should reset archive attribute (even if date/time stamp unchanged)

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Hello,
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature request, but I believe the expected behaviour is different from the current:
When you set "keep original date/time" to yes, not only the date/time stamp of the file stays unchanged, but also the file attribute "Archive" stays untouched (at least on Windows). I believe this is not the espected behaviour:
If you keep the date/time stamp in spite of doing changes to the file this is for convenience, because this way sorting files by date keeps them in chronological order (and sorting by exif date is not available in all software). But if you backup your files you probably want changed files to be backed up, so if you use the file attribute to do so (and not the file date), this should still work.
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Re: Saving image should reset archive attribute (even if date/time stamp unchanged)

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yes it was always like that. Perhaps adding an option
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Re: Saving image should reset archive attribute (even if date/time stamp unchanged)

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This would be nice. And would not mess up other users' routines which are adapted to the current behaviour.
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