Wait a minute this IS NOT a bug in pre 3.5 LO or OOo. I have files that go back a decade that have very complex geometries like these and there is no problem, NONE. I can open them in 1x, 2x and pre 3.5 the 3x series no problem. That includes OOo, LO and IBM Symphony. There was never a problem hundreds of documents.
This IS a nasty bug in the specification that from my point of view needs to be fixed. Slavishly following the spec document. to break more than a decade of functionality is poor product management. The end user does not care that the specification is flawless beautiful only that the product work forward and back. The ODF file specification should be amended ASAP to match what every implementation has done to maintain continuity. Breaking that continuity is was loses user trust and confident, not mindlessly following the spec the end user be damned! The spec and the design do need to follow each other but that does not mean you never bend the spec to match the reality on the ground. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/979320 Title: Particular Subtracted shapes not compatible LibO 3.4 - 3.5 Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Fix Released Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Certain shapes drawn in earlier LO versions (<3.4.4) are greatly distorted in LO 3.5.2 (on windows) and LO 3.5.1.2 (Precise). Vice versa when saved in 3.5.1 correctly the documents are broken in 3.4.4 (Oneric). In our case our company logo embedded in writer documents is one of the problems. For us this means virtually all old documents are messed up when opened with LO 3.5.2 while newly created document are broken when viewed with LO 3.4.4. I don't know if many users are affected by this, but for us it certainly is a stopper to migrate to LO 3.5.1 or 3.5.2 and as a result to Precies. Ferry --- ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: libreoffice 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 Tags: oneiric Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (201 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fax floppy lp lpadmin mysql mythtv plugdev sambashare scanner syslog users video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/979320/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
