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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Forward/backward compatibility
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicog () snafu ! de>
Date:       2002-03-31 19:08:33
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On Sunday 31 March 2002 17:46, Werner Trobin wrote:
> Hi!
>
(...)
>
> I plan to break this compatibility even more, but I will provide scripts to
> convert these documents to 1.1.1 and 1.0 compatible ones. Is this enough,
> or do we want to have some user interface for that? If we want a UI, do we
> want a separate tool, or something in the apps or even the file dialog?

The best would be a few export filters.

However, we have again the problem that the "save" dialog/system works with 
mime types and that you cannot have mime types with the same extension.

Why export filters? A user can use it simply at save. If you want 
something like a script, you still have koconverter.

Another problem is the current simplification of the picture handling in 
KWord/KPresenter (KoPicture). We can now have unsupported formats  
(unsupported for KOffice 1.1.x), like real WMF, SVG or QT3's version of 
QPicture. Changes like these cannot be handled by just a script.

A less technical but more user-oriented problem is also that if we always 
lose compatibility to old formats without giving any possibility to overcome, 
we could get the reputation that we never take care about old formats.

However, there is also the same eternal question of who will do such filters. 
Sigh!

>
> Related to the recent filter test thread I just wanted to add that we will
> also need various native documents to test compatibility. Any volunteers to
> collect all kinds of documents (especially from older versions)?
>

> Then we just have to find a place where to put that (preferrably *not* CVS,
> but some ftp space, I'd say).
> Thomas: Is it possible to put that on the sourceforge space? Right now
> we're only hosting the homepage there, but IIRC it's possible to get ftp
> space.

Has David not created the cvs module kofficetests for such a purpose?

>
> Ciao,
> Werner

Have a nice day/evening/night!
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