On 11/09/2011 10:12 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
Hello David;
If you find a bug in OpenOffice.org file it directly
on Apache's bugzilla. Duplicate bug reports are fine,
they really are.
So far I am the only one in the business of actually
committing fixes to issues, so trust me and ignore
completely what Rob suggested. I will act with extreme
prejudice ignoring any bug report linked to libreoffice
on the principle that such contributions or the resulting
followups are not made under a compatible license. I won't
even look at them.
best regards,
Pedro.
Hi Pedro, Rob,
Always good to get the scoop 'straight from the horses mouth' so to speak :)
There are a couple old OOO bugs that would be nice to get cleaned up. Specifically:
#Issue: 81402 Tab Stops
duplicate of: 21292
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=21292
If we can get default tabs at .50 in the english release instead of .49 in.,
that would make life much better. Bug has only been around for about 7 years or
so :)
There is also some horrible default behavior in numbered paragraphs and
copy/paste that should either be configurable as options or reworked:
copy/paste default
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40558
Numbered Paragraph Bug
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40560
I have a couple more floating around I'll have to look up and get them
registered with the AOO tracker. I should have time to enter them later this
week or weekend. I'll also have to look up my earlier OOO bugs and revisit them
as well.
OOO 3.3 was in reasonable shape. It has some small, but very real annoyances,
that with a little effort could really make the package shine.
I use OOO exclusively in my office and I probably use an office suite to a
much larger extent and degree than 99% of the normal Linux users (I'm a lawyer,
documents and spreadsheets are my life) I'm also an engineer and Linux nut so I
have a rather strange set of skills I bring to the table.
I look forward to the AOO 3.4 release. The 3.X releases have been a bit rocky
to date. (2.4.x was fantastic)
Always remember -- make the core pieces of each app logical, efficient and
bulletproof and always think of backwards compatibility (for the decade worth of
prior documents that need seamless reproduction), then -- and only then -- worry
about the gee-whiz new bells and whistles of the package.
The core of a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation package should
remain stable and without radical change in function or interface. New stuff
should be added as options with user configurable options available to control
new behavior. ( Remember - a new 'feature' is a 'bug' if you can't turn it off )
Thanks again for your tireless work to date and I look forward to working
with AOO in the future.
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
