Re: [PUSHED] Re: Remove save to old Microsoft office formats
On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 18:21 -0500, Bryan Quigley wrote: Could you update the features page with this info I updated this page http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0 with: Dropped support for legacy Word and Excel (version 6.0/95) files. These files can still be opened, but they will save in your default format (usually .odt/.ods). I've clarified - since people really -love- to not read carefully and get twisted up about file-formats. I've clarified that we're retaining Office 97+ binary file formats and that this is export only ;-) Wow - that's bold :-) Glad it got approved as is. 4.0 is a good time to do things like this :) Agreed - thanks for picking that up. It's generally easier to pick what you want on a shorter list as well. A good improvement, Thanks ! Michael. -- michael.me...@suse.com , Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: Remove save to old Microsoft office formats
Hi Bryan, On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 18:05 -0500, Bryan Quigley wrote: This patch removes the ability to save to old office 6/95 formats. I've also opened a bug on it here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53471 Wow - that's bold :-) indeed there are loads of problems with fidelity in the old formats, and of course maintenance pain testing uncertainty around them. Disabling them by default in the UI (with some setting to have them back on ?) might be better at least for a release - and lets see if anyone screams (?). I assume the root problem you want to fix is of users accidentally picking the wrong format in the filter / drop-down and getting a needlessly bad experience here ? Added to the ESC agenda for today anyhow ;-) It's a very trivial patch but: This contribution to LibreOffice may be licensed under the MPL/LGPLv3+ dual license. This patch was also written before I joined Canonical. Great to have your contribution ! All the best, Michael. -- michael.me...@suse.com , Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: Remove save to old Microsoft office formats
On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 10:05 +, Michael Meeks wrote: I assume the root problem you want to fix is of users accidentally picking the wrong format in the filter / drop-down and getting a needlessly bad experience here ? I seem to recall a bug (maybe fixed ?) where in the kde file dialog typing foo.doc as the save name would auto pick the word 6 format instead of the word 8 format. C. ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: Remove save to old Microsoft office formats
On Thursday 13 of December 2012, Caolán McNamara wrote: On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 10:05 +, Michael Meeks wrote: I assume the root problem you want to fix is of users accidentally picking the wrong format in the filter / drop-down and getting a needlessly bad experience here ? I seem to recall a bug (maybe fixed ?) where in the kde file dialog typing foo.doc as the save name would auto pick the word 6 format instead of the word 8 format. Definitely fixed. -- Lubos Lunak l.lu...@suse.cz ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
[PUSHED] Re: Remove save to old Microsoft office formats
On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 18:05 -0500, Bryan Quigley wrote: Hi all, This patch removes the ability to save to old office 6/95 formats. I've also opened a bug on it here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53471 It's a very trivial patch but: This contribution to LibreOffice may be licensed under the MPL/LGPLv3+ dual license. This patch was also written before I joined Canonical. Was discussed in ESC call, so pushed to master and 4.0 now. Could you update the features page with this info, there should be some existing entry about the binfilter removal. C. ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: [PUSHED] Re: Remove save to old Microsoft office formats
Hi all, Was discussed in ESC call, so pushed to master and 4.0 now. Thanks! Could you update the features page with this info I updated this page http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0 with: Dropped support for legacy Word and Excel (version 6.0/95) files. These files can still be opened, but they will save in your default format (usually .odt/.ods). Wow - that's bold :-) Glad it got approved as is. 4.0 is a good time to do things like this :) I assume the root problem you want to fix is of users accidentally picking the wrong format in the filter / drop-down and getting a needlessly bad experience here ? Correct. They may have been told things like, make sure to use the old version of .doc. It's generally easier to pick what you want on a shorter list as well. Thanks again, Bryan ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Remove save to old Microsoft office formats
Hi all, This patch removes the ability to save to old office 6/95 formats. I've also opened a bug on it here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53471 It's a very trivial patch but: This contribution to LibreOffice may be licensed under the MPL/LGPLv3+ dual license. This patch was also written before I joined Canonical. Thanks, Bryan Quigley 0001-Removed-save-to-Office-6.0-95-formats.patch Description: Binary data ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
