[TYPO3] Import/export feature doesn't keep page owner group

[Ricardo Scachetti Pereira]

    Hi all,

    Whenever I export a portion or all of my Typo3 website pages using 
XML or T3D format and then import it later into another Typo3 setup, I 
always loose the information about the group which owns the pages. Same 
happens when I use import/export to move pages to another area of the 
same website.

    Sometimes, after the import, the all pages come up with the group 
empty, other times it comes up blank.

    I was wondering whether it is something I'm doing wrong during 
export/import operation or it is a bug in the import/export feature.

    Here are the instructions to replicate the problem (or, in other 
words, a description of what I'm doing):

1) Create at least 2 backend groups.
2) In the Web->Access module, click Permissions on the combo-box to the 
right-hand side and edit the page you will export. Set the group to 
something other than blank.
3) On the page browser (displayed in Web->Access module for example), 
right-click on the page you just set the group, click "more options..." 
and then "export to .t3d"
4) Under the configuration tab choose [All tables] in all table 
selections, then click update.
5) Click the File & Preset tab. Click save to filename. That will save 
your export file to /fileadmin directory. Take note of the file name 
used (you can define your own, or Typo3 will generate a file name 
automatically);
6) Right-click in some other page on the page browser. Select "more 
options..." and "import from .t3d". On the Import tab, select the file 
you saved in step 5 using the combo-box.
7) Click Preview, then Import. Answer YES to the "Are you sure" prompt.
8) Go back to the Web->Access module and check what's the group which 
owns the page. Bug is confirmed if group is either blank or something 
different from what you have set in step 2.

    Since I couldn't find a similar case, I've filed a bug report at 
bugs.typo3.org, issue 3353 (http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=3353).

    Any help is appreciated.

    Regards,

Ricardo