579657 - Download manager bug needs core development help

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 301328

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[charlie]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6
Build Identifier: All

There is a long-standing download manager bug, Bug 301328
which has persisted 5 years without being addressed.

More help is needed to fix, and probably a change in the core app link handling that initiates the download manager, therefore I am filing this bug here as well.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301328


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download a file like report.pdf
2. Download newly updated file report.pdf
3. click download manager link to open the new file.
Actual Results:  
Download manager link opens the wrong file. The second file was actually saved as report-2.pdf but the link points to the first file report.pdf.

Expected Results:  
Before or during download manager startup, user input should be requested to confirm filename and possibly illuminate filename conflict before the download begins.

Comment 1

[Kyle Huey (Exited; not receiving bugmail, old account, do not use)]

We know that it needs help, but filing additional bugs isn't going to get it that help.

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Filing more bugs doesn't help, it's only a waste of our resources.
If you want a bug fixed you can always attach a patch