Hey, let's make it better. I'm all for you. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:34 PM, NoOp <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 01/27/2011 03:34 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 18:43 -0800, NoOp wrote: > >> It also still uses soffice.exe et all in Windows; meaning that LO still > >> takes over OOo if both are installed in parallel. > > > > Unfortunately, there is some inevitability of conflict here. This > would > > have always been the situation between StarOffice and OpenOffice in the > > past eg. AFAIK (and I am no expert), we would both want to clobber the > > same COM component names - and remove them socially on uninstall etc. > > Short of the typical "I notice XYZ other app is the default, do you want > > to change to me" type code that would need adding on both sides, there > > will be issues here for a while. > > > >> The latter seems MS like; are LO insistent on obliterating OOo by > >> continuing to use OOo registry entries and executable file names? > > > > If you install OO.o over LO - you will find it does the same thing; > > there is no malice implied on either side. > > Actually OOo does not. I just tested OOo final 3.3.0 on WinXP and it > does not disturb LO. Right-clicking on an .odt and selecting 'Open With' > offers: > > OpenOffice.org Writer (OOo 3.3.0 stable was installed after LO) > LibreOffice Writer (RC4/Stable is installed) > Microsoft Word > > I suggest that you revisit the "Change executable/sh names" thread that > I started on the dev list. > > > > >> That SVG import still is incomplete and doesn't work properly. In fact > >> SVG import is pretty much an ongoing joke (whether it be OOo-go-oo or > LO). > > > > Well; it does something useful; we (and you) are welcome to make it > > better. In my view, something useful is almost always better than > > nothing, even if it is not perfect. Perhaps the most serious thing it > > does is showcase the poor performance of draw with lots of complex > > shapes - something that is intrinsic to draw, but of course not seen if > > you don't load any data into it ;-) > > Perhaps 'ongoing joke' was a little harsh & I offer my apologies to > Bernhard Haumacher & any devs that have been working on it since then. > However the problem(s) have been ongoing for years (starting in 2005 + > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_Import_Filter). > > My point was; promoting a broken feature as key reason to switch to LO > seems to me to be misguided. You know it's broke, I know it's broke, and > the multiple (years old) bug reports validate my opinion. It really > doesn't matter if the issue is with Draw or the SVG extension/code, the > issue is/was the press release promoting a "feature" with significant > issues. > > > > >> Sorry, but IMO RC4/Final should have waited awhile until some of the > >> more basic bugs were resolved. > > > > I am sorry you think so. But rest assured, you'll have plenty of > time > > to fix and test bug fixes for 3.3.1 with us all. It is not as if the > > baseline we are starting from is bug-free perfection too. > > Happy to help in any way that I can. BTW these might be worth a > look/relook as well: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/138141 > [[upstream] export of openoffice draw to svg renders text invisable in > the svg file] - note my post of 2008 > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32852 > [[Linux] LibORC2: Impress video / `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found] > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33050 > [ [FILESAVE] LibO stops responding saving particular documents as .doc] > If you look at the history, > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_activity.cgi?id=33050> > you'll find that was discovered in RC2. > > There's more, but that's enough for this response. > > I'm quite happy to help via troubleshooting/testing etc., but IMO taking > a fast track to release so soon after RC4 (which is the stable release) > is an indication that the releases are timed to distros/other events. I > think it better to slow things down and release 'when LO are ready' > rather than on buttons pushed by outside sources. > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
