DateField-1.0.1 doesn't MODIFY customfield in TracCustomFieldAdmin-0.2.5

[Chris Shenton]

I've installed both DateField-1.0.1 and TracCustomFieldAdmin-0.2.5 and enabled DateFieldModule and CustomFieldAdminTweak. If I create a new custom field I can pick a Date type and allow empty value, excellent.

But if I try to modify an existing field -- e.g., from Text to Date -- it gives me the proper UI but does not save the new field to the trac.ini with

  myfield.date = true
  myfield.date_empty = on

like the field newly created after the DateFieldPlugin was installed.

I notice that the Submit causes the trac.ini file to rewrite my [datefield] section (e.g. re-ordering the fields) so something's changing but it doesn't change the desired field properties and reports no error.

I can edit the trac.ini by hand and add those fields and it works fine however.

[Chris Shenton]

Also, If I try and modify a custom field successfully created by DateField and TracCustomFieldAdmin, the edit pane shows the type as Text (not Date) and a subsequent save converts it to a plain Text field -- it loses its dateliness.

[Felix]

I can confirm that for CustomFieldAdmin 0.2.6.-r10460 and DateField 1.0.2-r10435 on trac 0.12.2, it also happens if you modify a already successfuly created date- 'custom field' (e.g. on admin/ticket/customfields/date_field)

After clicking 'save' the two lines:

<customfield name>.date = true
<customfield name>.date_empty = on

get deleted from trac.ini.

[Jun Omae]

It seems to be a duplicate of #8188. And verified the fix for this issue.