[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
** Changed in: mahara Milestone: 1.8rc1 = 1.8.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Invalid Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
Thanks Andrew, In that case, I'll go ahead and mark this bug Invalid, since it's apparently not something we can fix. Cheers, Aaron ** Changed in: mahara Status: In Progress = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Invalid Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
The patch is in gerrit, it has passed code review, the only thing left is to test it. So how do I test this? What's the expected behavior, and what is it doing instead? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: In Progress Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
Well, I don't have a copy of IE8 on hand to test this with right now, but I was able to replicate the error in IE6 as follows: 1. Get a Word document with the .docx file extension. (I've attached one to this comment). 2. In IE6, go to the Content - Files page in Mahara. Upload the docx file there. Expected result: It should show up with the generic file icon next to it and be treated like a normal binary file. Actual result: It shows up with the Zip icon, and has an unzip option available. The patch supplied didn't fix this problem for IE6. BUT, it doesn't claim to, it's supposed to fix the problem for IE8. So, once I can get a copy of IE8 to test this out on (or if someone else wants to test the patch), we should be able to upstream it. ** Attachment added: A .docx file for testing https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+attachment/3782044/+files/Test.docx -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: In Progress Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
I did several iterations of testing to try to fix the IE zip problem. Nothing seemed to work properly. Eventually I discovered that the zip download issue is prevalent throughout all Microsoft products. The problem seems to be that IE ignores the mime type supplied by the web server [apache, but also IIS], and the mime type of docx, pptx, etc are incorrectly assigned in the registry. There are a few MS forum pages on this issue. The official MS response is that the mime types should be assigned correctly by the web server, of course IIS. And then there are several user posts indicating that the mime types are set correctly at the server with no effect. And then other users indicating that docx is actually a zip file - which is true - so the mime type is working correctly even though a docx should open with Word and be saved with a docx extension. And around we go... In short, this doesn't seem to be a Mahara problem at all, and it is NOT FIXABLE since IE is incorrectly sniffing the mime type. I apologize for not updating the bug report to indicate my findings, and I truly appreciate the efforts in hunting down the stated problem. It is unfortunate that the installation of Mahara I administer is used by client machines with older Microsoft software. Thank you again very much for replicating the problem, and attempting to correct the reported bug. However, there's not much that I or the Mahara team can do about this particular issue. --Andrew -Original Message- From: Aaron Wells 1193...@bugs.launchpad.net To: andrew.will...@1024bits.com Subject: [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:44:46 - Well, I don't have a copy of IE8 on hand to test this with right now, but I was able to replicate the error in IE6 as follows: 1. Get a Word document with the .docx file extension. (I've attached one to this comment). 2. In IE6, go to the Content - Files page in Mahara. Upload the docx file there. Expected result: It should show up with the generic file icon next to it and be treated like a normal binary file. Actual result: It shows up with the Zip icon, and has an unzip option available. The patch supplied didn't fix this problem for IE6. BUT, it doesn't claim to, it's supposed to fix the problem for IE8. So, once I can get a copy of IE8 to test this out on (or if someone else wants to test the patch), we should be able to upstream it. ** Attachment added: A .docx file for testing https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+attachment/3782044/+files/Test.docx -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: In Progress Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
** Changed in: mahara Status: New = In Progress ** Changed in: mahara Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: mahara Assignee: (unassigned) = Robert Lyon (rlyon) ** Changed in: mahara Milestone: None = 1.8.0rc1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: In Progress Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
Which version of Mahara are you using? We can't replicate this on master (1.8-to-be) and demo.mahara.org (1.7) for example. Can you also please provide which version of Apache you are using? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: New Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
And also the browser and its version? Mahara relies a lot on browser and web server identification of the mimetypes of files. Thus, this issue seems to have been fixed in later versions of these. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: New Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
All versions of Mahara to date are missing these mime types in the filetypes.xml definition file. The problem of docx, pptx, xlsx files relates to other bugs noted in other areas. The basic browser issue is with IE8. While IE8 is not new and will be replaced with other browsers in the future, it is very widespread currently. Also, if there is a mime definition of doc and ppt already present, there shouldn't much burden in adding the few lines to define internally docx, pptx, xlsx as well. The mime problem is mostly on the upload side. When a user on IE8 uploads a docx file, Mahara [all versions], store it as a zip file along with its constituent xml components. This is a serious issue for many using older Microsoft client computers configured with IE8. Also, since the file was uploaded as a zip file, the downloaded mime type is now wired as a zip file via the incorrect storage. So, if I download the file on another system via any browser [tested with FF, Chrome] the mime defaults to zip... I traced the problem of Mahara storage to filetypes.xml --- it's probably much better to define these very common mime types internally so as to ensure compatibility and interoperability with browsers that may be finicky but also much used... Please note: The latest stable code does not contain fixed mime types. -Original Message- From: Kristina Hoeppner 1193...@bugs.launchpad.net To: andrew.will...@1024bits.com Subject: [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:55:39 - And also the browser and its version? Mahara relies a lot on browser and web server identification of the mimetypes of files. Thus, this issue seems to have been fixed in later versions of these. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: New Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
Hi Andrew, Have added you patch Plus included the missing vnd.ms-excel one https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/2282/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: New Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Mahara-contributors] [Bug 1193158] Re: Missing mime types
Submitted to gerrit: https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/2282/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193158 Title: Missing mime types Status in Mahara ePortfolio: New Bug description: There are critical mime types missing for support of docx, pptx, xlsx files. I believe this may work: Add the following to htdocs/artefact/file/filetypes.xml filetype descriptiondocx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionpptx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype filetype descriptionxlsx/description mimetypes mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet/mimetype /mimetypes /filetype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1193158/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
