Jumping through hoops to resave a jpeg in gimp

[dargaud]

Hello all,
tell me I'm missing something, because this is very annoying. I want to do something very simple: open a jpeg in gimp (2.8.4), edit it and close it, saving it in the process.

So when I close there's a dialog that says I need to [save as]. OK. Once there, I can only save as xcf. If I change the extension to jpg, it tells me I need to use [Export]. OK, so I cancel and go to [File][Export].

There I need to first manually change the extension to jpg, click Export, then I receive a true but confusing message that the file already exist. Of course it does, it's the one I've opened...
And after confirming I still need to close the file, only to be greeted by "you haven't saved, are you sure"...

Excuse me, but WTF ?!? Instead of two clicks (close and yes), I now have to navigate menus and type for two minutes ?!? I defy anybody to edit a bunch of files without mistakes.

Yes, I know all about the fact that saving jpegs multiple times degrades the quality due to lossy compression.
And I know that if I want to preserve layers and some other advanced image properties I cannot use jpeg. But if I opened a jpeg, I should be able to SAVE IT BACK !

Now, hopefully there's an option somewhere to fix that...?

[sudodus]

I agree that it is annoying for everyday usage, when quality is not highest priority. I don't know if there is a work-around, except to install an older version of the gimp.

[Toz]

In the file menu, you should have an "Overwrite" option that should simplify the process.

[dargaud]

Ha! Didn't notice that, thanks. Although you still get a "did not save" warning when you want to close after doing the overwrite. Dumb.