<div><pre>Hello!<br /><br />LibreOffice will be very useful<br />in
collaborative text editing <br />if <br />* document in plain HTML format will
be saved in the versioned storage (Subversion/CVS/… repository) and <br
/>* with automatic merging of changes made by different people.<br /><br />But
now every merge operation produces at least one conflict: it's a conflict <br
/>in <meta> tags:<br /><meta name="GENERATOR"> - some people use
Linux, some people use Windows<br /><meta name="CHANGED"> - changed on
every document save operation, so automatic <br />merge is not possible. <br
/><br />Furthermore, when CVS or Subversion client discovers <br />conflicts,
it adds conflict markers like '<<<<< 1.1 .... ====== .....
>>>>> <br />1.2' in the conflict areas, so document could not be
opened more as valid HTML, <br />because the HTML header is the conflict
area.<br /><br />I know there is a check-box named "Apply user data" in
document properties (File/Properties), and <br />if I uncheck it before saving,
<meta name="CHANGED"> isn't overwritten on every <br />save and my
personal data isn't written into the document, but:<br />1) <meta
name="GENERATOR"> is _still_ overwritten on every save;<br />2) I need to
uncheck "Apply user data" every time opening the document.<br /><br />I also
know that there is an option "Remove personal data on save" in security <br
/>settings, but it also doesn't help: <meta name="CHANGED"> is cleared,
but <meta <br />name="CREATED"> is always overwritten by current time
(WTF???!!), and <meta <br />name="GENERATOR"> is also still overwritten.
<br />So this also produces conflicts.<br /><br />I suggest you to add an HTML
compatibility option "Do not modify metadata when <br />saving" or something
like that. This will be very useful for people <br />who want organize a
convenient versioned storage for text documents.<br /><br />Thanks in
advance.<br /><br /> Sincerely, Stas Fomin</pre></div>
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