3769: Cannot publish review request draft that only removes backslashes from description.

brennie
What version are you running?
release-2.0.x and latest master

What's the URL of the page containing the problem?
Any review request draft

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Upload a new review request using rbt post. The commit message must have backslashes. Do not use the --markdown flag.
2. Publish the draft.
3. Edit the draft to remove the backslashes from the description.
4. Try to publish the draft.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The draft will not be published. A dialog box containing "You attempted to publish a review request without any modifications.

What operating system are you using? What browser?
Mac OS X 10.10.2. Firefox 37.0a2

Please provide any additional information below.
Furthermore, if you edit another field in addition to the description and publish, the description field will not show up in the change description.
chipx86
#1 chipx86
The reason is that the escaping is a client-side aid to keep your plain text Markdown-safe when saving. The backslashes aren't actually there in the database, so removing them is a no-op.