Is Gnumeric _NOT_ for Windows users?

2007-06-22 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi all I'm beginning to think that there is some discrimination against Windows users... All other messages to the mailing list and bug reports get plenty of replies. I have been warning about a bug in the graphics module since 1.7.2... still not solved in 1.7.10 although the bug report was

Re: Is Gnumeric _NOT_ for Windows users?

2007-06-22 Thread Pedro Lino
Jody Goldberg wrote: None of the core developers are building under windows, and hence have trouble debugging there. Unfortunately, as with most software that originated under unix/linux we've become spoiled by easy builds. It is easy to assume a viable automake/autoconf/libtool

Re: Is Gnumeric _NOT_ for Windows users?

2007-06-22 Thread Jody Goldberg
On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 09:55:58AM +0100, Pedro Lino wrote: I'm beginning to think that there is some discrimination against Windows users... None of the core developers are building under windows, and hence have trouble debugging there. Unfortunately, as with most software that originated

Re: MS Excel XML File Format

2007-06-22 Thread John Machin
On 22/06/2007 9:03 PM, Browder, Tom wrote: 1. Anyone have any ideas about what gnumeric expects for an MS Excel xml file for autoformat detection? Is there a special suffix that should be used? What is an MS Excel xml file? Do you mean: (a) a file with extension .xml produced by Excel 2003

Re: Is Gnumeric _NOT_ for Windows users?

2007-06-22 Thread Jody Goldberg
On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:09:08AM +0100, Pedro Lino wrote: I'm well aware that the devs don't use windows but please don't ignore user input and most important of all: don't dismiss a bug as solved until it is tested by someone actually using the Windows build With windows we've been