Loading QLR file locks parent directory forever in Windows

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Author Name: asgerpetersen - (asgerpetersen -)
Original Redmine Issue: 14811
Affected QGIS version: 2.14.2
Redmine category:unknown

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When loading a QLR file QGIS locks the parent directory. This lock is not released before QGIS is closed.

Imagine a qlr at the path

c:\test\file.qlr

When this file is loaded you cannot move or rename c:\test before QGIS has been closed.

This happens both when the QLR is loaded through the menu item "Layer -> Add from layer definition file..." and when the python binding "QgsLayerDefinition.loadLayerDefinition(path, group)" is used.

Affected versions are 2.14, 2.12 and possibly earlier also.

[qgib]

Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• easy_fix was configured as 0
• regression was configured as 0

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Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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This should be fixed with 2.18 - can you confirm?

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback
• description was changed from When loading a QLR file QGIS locks the parent directory. This lock is not released before QGIS is closed.

Imagine a qlr at the path

c:\test\file.qlr

When this file is loaded you cannot move or rename c:\test before QGIS has been closed.

This happens both when the QLR is loaded through the menu item "Layer -> Add from layer definition file..." and when the python binding "QgsLayerDefinition.loadLayerDefinition(path, group)" is used.

Affected versions are 2.14, 2.12 and possibly earlier also. to When loading a QLR file QGIS locks the parent directory. This lock is not released before QGIS is closed.

Imagine a qlr at the path

c:\test\file.qlr

When this file is loaded you cannot move or rename c:\test before QGIS has been closed.

This happens both when the QLR is loaded through the menu item "Layer -> Add from layer definition file..." and when the python binding "QgsLayerDefinition.loadLayerDefinition(path, group)" is used.

Affected versions are 2.14, 2.12 and possibly earlier also.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• category_id was configured as Unknown

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Author Name: Mie Winstrup (Mie Winstrup)

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Hurray, I have tested with QGIS 2.18.13 and it has been fixed :)

Now, I can add a qlr-file to QGIS and afterwards I'm allowed to change to foldername where the qlr-file is located.

Thanks a lot for the fix.

[qgib]

Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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• resolution was changed from to fixed/implemented
• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed