MozArchiver Silently Fails to save .MAFF

[triNem]

There seems to be a bug with some mozarchiver .MAFF files lately (I'd say ±1 month).

It is documented by this topic on palemoon's forum.

[Lootyhoof]

This is a very old issue with the upstream, as noted as far back as version 0.10.0 of MAF in 2009:

MAF 0.10.0 has the following known issues:
* When saving a page in an archive fails, retrying the download from the Downloads window does not achieve the expected result.

Unfortunately I don't have the time at present to fully look into this. Patches are however welcome.

[triNem]

Thank you.

This explains the behavior. Failed archives shouldn't be "retried" through the download manager. They should be saved again through "File>save as" or "Ctrl+S".

I can add that the download manager's status is unreliable. A "failed" archive is often perfectly fine. It's been saved, but the download manager doesn't see it.

[dtoxic47]

Still present in PM 28.7.1

[Lootyhoof]

The issue is still open, therefore the issue is still present.

You are free to submit a PR with the patch if you have one.