Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice general ideas and suggestions

Le 2010-10-07 09:27, Charles Marcus a écrit :
> On 2010-10-07 8:54 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> > In all reality, the older formats are no longer being developed and
> > aren't most of these offered in older versions of OpenOffice? I imagine
> > there isn't any need to examine and reverse engineer the code anymore?
> > Keeping them on the list of supported formats in the LibO "File->open
> > would be nice.
>
> Correct - I don't think anyone was suggesting that support for them be
> *removed*. Someone had suggested only providing support for *improving*
> the newer formats, which is what I disagree with. I do understand that
> resources are limited so some bugs with older formats might go unfixed
> if they require a lot of resources, but don't just unilaterally refuse
> to even look at the bugs - let the devs decide which ones are easily
> fixable or not.

Sorry. Thanks for the clarification. I think it is a great idea if a dev 
is willing to do it. There couldn't be many bugs left for these old 
formats left would there? It may be just a good idea to create a 
week-long project where the devs would pool their time and use the week 
to quash as many bugs as possible.

I do see this as perhaps a time-waster, as I think most users would find 
it reasonable to fix up the quarks with older file formats and save them 
in a more open document format. I think back to my older Wordperfect 
files and Dbase III files that may not open nicely. I am just happy to 
get at the information in some way. A larger problem with moving large 
amount of files though. But still a good way to appreciate recognized 
ISO document formats like the OASIS formats.

Marc

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