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List:       koffice
Subject:    Bug#16103: koffice should compress the documents with bzip2 too
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-11-27 0:08:48
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On Sunday 26 November 2000 23:51, rgf@ieg.com.br wrote:
> Package: koffice
> Version: cvs-11262000
> Severity: wishlist
> Installed from: source
> 
> I think that it will be really great if the koffice uses the
> bzip2 to compress the documents. I know that documents of
> koffice is a tar.gz file with a koffice extension, like kwd.
> The bzip2 algoritm is better than gzip, but some people
> haven't the bzip2, I know.
> So, the koffice should use both to compress the documents
> and the users can choose what filter (gzip or bzip2) will be
> used. When the koffice opens the document, it recognise what
> filter (gzip or bzip2) should use to decompress the document.
> It will be really great.

.. and people trying to write import filter for KOffice documents into
other office suites will kill us for generating two types of documents.

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