I can confirm this, after spending half an hour explaining to someone why an email atchment saved from thunderbird isnt there now. This should probably be marked a dupe of the bug linked to above, but filed against both packages.
** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Users should be discouraged from editing temporary files https://launchpad.net/bugs/39854 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs