(In reply to comment #34) > When I receive a document from a customer written in 3.4.4, edit it with 3.5.2 > and return it back, to that customer it will look like *I* broke it. > and
> Actually M$ with their ever changing format seem to do a better job in > migrating documents and users to a newer product while maintaining backwards > compatibility with slower adopters. > and (In reply to comment #36) > For me affects 100's of legal documents and dozens of interal and external > users whom we have already had a hard enough time convincing multiple IT > depts to install. Only solution is forklift upgrade, really bad. > While I understand your frustration, there are several inaccuracies here I'd like to correct. First, conflating MS (or, for that matter, any *commercial* offering) with a free software / volunteer project is at best disingenuous. I'm certain any number of companies providing professional support for LibreOffice will happily backport fixes to the very version you're using - just as MS does with service packs for older products. Second, this bug *is* nasty, and it *does* affect all those people who faithfully implement ODF as-specified - so if you promote ODF, you cannot possibly ask us *not* to comply with it, can't you? And third, if you'd ask nicely, I could maybe stick a hidden config option into one of the upcoming 3.5.x versions, that would permit switching that back (no UI for that, though). That would be a separate enhancement request though. -- 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
