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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: [RFC] Adding a new filter status
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicog () snafu ! de>
Date:       2002-07-13 20:48:51
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On Samstag, 13. Juli 2002 12:22, Clarence Dang wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:05, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > I am wondering if we should not introduce a new filter status between
> > "beta" and "good".
>
> I think this is an excellent idea!
>
> > The problem that I have found is that you need to have at least the
> > status "beta" before users report bugs and that users consider that
> > "good" means that everything should function perfectly. However all these
> > make "beta" being very broad.
>
> I'm thinking that it might also be a good idea to have a table of what
> "basic" features each filter imports/exports e.g. character formatting,
> paragraph formatting, page formatting (includes
> headers/footers/pagination), images etc so that if someone wants to help
> with kword filters, they have a better idea of what can be improved and
> users know what filters work best for their purposes (eg. I did not know
> that the HTML exporter could do images until yesterday when I used it).

I do not understand the difference with the filter status files (all the 
status.html files in each filter directory)

The filter status already have all the data. Why would you want a central 
table, which would be in the ACL-protected part of the CVS?

>
> > As for the name of the new status, I have "gamma" or "working". Perhaps
> > someone could find a better name.
> >
> > The new status would indicate a filter whose maintainer thinks that,
> > despite having holes, it should work good otherwise.
>
> "working" sounds good to me.
>
> Or renaming what is currently "good" to "excellent" and making the new
> category "good".

No, I do not think so. Users are already taking "good", as if it was meaning 
perfect.

>
> Thanks!
> Clarence

Have a nice day/evening/night!

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