https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81346
--- Comment #9 from Aprax <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #7) > It was given low priority for a few reason: > > 1. Vast majority of users use "regular paste" > 2. You can get the same result with a paste special so this literally might > cut out a few seconds of effort > > But keep in mind that: > 1. I put NeedsDevEval which means that if someone puts a code pointer it'll > be an easy hack which means new developers might tackle it > 2. Developers pick whatever they want to fix so priority is just a signal to > them, it does not mean that they won't fix it just because one person put it > at low (nor does it mean that they will fix it if one person puts it at > high). > > > Enhancement requests overall are quite low on the radar of priorities - bugs > come first for the majority of developers. We have over 5000 bug reports and > over 1000 enhancement requests so no promise this will be done any time soon 1. Vast majority of users use "regular paste" which essentially implies that the majority don't use Conditional Formatting. Then why was CF undertaken if only a few people use it? 2. A few seconds for one copy/paste but many seconds for many copy pastes BECAUSE once an ods is closed, the modified selections are forgotten and have to be redefined. I have another ticket that asks that the changes for "Paste Special" be remembered after the workbook is closed. If that request is implemented then this request becomes redundant, in fact so would the complete "Paste Only". "We have over 5000 bug reports" is not something to be proud of but rather an indication of something which I'll leave unnamed. Why keep putting out new things when old things are so bad? Perhaps the most important question is "Why does Libre Office exist at all". Sun created Open Office as a perk to increase sales of it's hardware. Oracle saw the free version as a drain on them financially, tried to monetize it, failed and gave it away. During that period many devs switched to Libre Office. Why? Because they didn't like the formal work environment that would have been imposed by Oracle? Given that the devs are unpaid, the next question is why they contribute to Libre Office? Do they want to include that on their CVs or brag to friends and neighbors? Do they proudly say "I'm so important that I can pick any one of the 5,000 bugs to work on, and don't have any time commitments for when I should complete the task". My comments are a bit like the message of the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes". Some people would like to hear only praise, even if it's unfounded and untrue. However I prefer to tell it like it is. You need identify the sloppy coders that need their hands held, you can do that by tracking the coders than contributed to creating the bugs and if their number of bugs is too high - get rid of them since their code has a negative value not just a zero value because they aren't paid. Otherwise you'll be reporting that there's a backlog of 6,000 bugs. You need to get the bugs cleaned up before working on enhancements. You need to accept that some things that you choose to call enhancements are really bugs because they should have been included from the beginning and somebody didn't really think about what they were doing and only did part of the job. Doing the work for free is not an acceptable excuse. You need to assign tasks, you need an Analysis and Design stage for new projects and you need Quality Control to prevent bugs (or partial enhancements) from reaching the end users. Then you can truly be proud of your work. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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