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

Le 2010-10-07 10:32, Marc Paré a écrit :
> 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

Sorry about the double post. My computer hiccuped and I thought it had 
not sent the mail through.

Marc

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