Default save order should be "Keep original order"

[koppor]

JabRef version

5.3 (latest release)

Operating system

Windows

Details on version and operating system

Windows 10

Checked with the latest development build

• I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
• I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

1. Create tst.bib with following content

@inproceedings{reiser2009compositional,
  title={Compositional variability-concepts and patterns},
  author={Reiser, M-O and Kolagari, Ramin Tavakoli and Weber, Matthias},
  booktitle={2009 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences},
  pages={1--10},
  year={2009},
  organization={IEEE}
}

@inproceedings{altintas2008managing,
  title={Managing large scale reuse across multiple software product lines},
  author={Altintas, N Ilker and Cetin, Semih},
  booktitle={International Conference on Software Reuse},
  pages={166--177},
  year={2008},
  organization={Springer}
}

2. Save the .bib file
3. JabRef adds % Encoding: UTF-8 and jabref-meta for the databaseType
   
4. Open "Library preferences"
5. Set pdfs\ as file path
   
6. Save the library
7. Result in JabRef:
   
8. Result in the bib file
   

Expected results:

• no change of the entry order.
• No "The library has been modified by another program."

Proposed solution: Set "Keep original order" as default in the "Library properties":

For the "externally modified", there is issue #8132

Appendix

No response

[koppor]

I put it to the milestone, because the default behavior could surprise new users.

I also put "good first issue" as it is IMHO not too complicated to change the default.

[koppor]

@ManishOffi Sure. Please ensure that you follow https://devdocs.jabref.org/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace before working on this. 🎉

[koppor]

I think, I have clean JabRef installation. There, at "Import and Export", the "Export sort order" is set to "Use current able sort order". We discussed in a devcall, that this is OK. However, this should not be used as default for the library properties.

[sjHong645]

I want to do this issue. Is it okay??

[koppor]

I get this output

WARN org.jabref.model.metadata.SaveOrderConfig - Could not parse sort order: specified - trying to parse the sort criteria

[koppor]

@sponbob-pat Sure. Please ensure that you follow https://devdocs.jabref.org/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace before working on this. 🎉

[koppor]

This is closely related to #8198 (if not the same issue)

[sjHong645]

Could you assign me?