https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63087

--- Comment #12 from Ralf <[email protected]> ---
Joel, thank you for clarifying that this bug is not a MAB. Unfortunately, I was
not aware of the flowchart mentioned by you above when I nominated the bug vor
mab4.1. I apologize for unnecessary noise.

If my language was too colourful, I take back the expression "serious
show-stopper". I acknowledge that you have a much better judgment in comparing
bugs considering your experience with a vast number of bugs. Nevertheless,
please consider the whole sentence containing the mentioned expression. The
sentence is a personal judgment and it applies the expression to a limited
number of cases and users, i.e. to "switching fully from MS Excel to
LibreOffice Calc, if a user works with complex spreadsheets containing several
links between worksheets/tabs."

According to the "Activity log for bug 63087" under the modification history
above, the bug was added back to mab4.1 by yourself just 54 seconds after you
had removed it from mab4.1. I assume that the system showed an unexpected
behaviour by adding it back when you were logged in. The activity log is
difficult to understand because you are not aware of having added it back with
your account. Please understand that I do not want to fiddle around with the
status of the bug now, as the system seems to react unexpectedly. Can I ask you
to have a second try in removing the bug from the mab4.1 list, please? Sorry
for the hassle. You might also consider marking bug 65786 as duplicate of this
one.

I agree that the late reporting of this bug is a strong indication that not
many users consider it to be very important. However, if one searches the
internet for noise about this bug then you find some. People were bringing
forward this OpenOffice.org bug in user forums already before LibreOffice was
founded. We do not know if everyone accepted the bug or if the bug was
sometimes even a reason for switching back to MS Excel. Moreover, I assume that
only a small fraction of users makes an effort to set up a Bugzilla account and
to report bugs.

We will never know this statistics. I can only specify my personal experience
with this bug. I often work with LibreOffice Calc. If I work on a complex
spreadsheet with many links across worksheets/tabs, I do not see the option to
work solely with LibreOffice Calc. I need MS Excel at least for checking and
understanding links across worksheets/tabs, because the "Detective" is a
necessary tool for me, also concerning links across worksheets/tabs.

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