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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Bugs in OOo and compatibility issues
From:       Andrew Dorrell <andrew.dorrell () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-02-24 23:09:19
Message-ID: 49A47E1F.6040003 () gmail ! com
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jaham@gmx.net wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 08:43:11 Inge Wallin wrote:
>   
>> Bug 185354 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185354) is about a bug
>> that introduces an incompatibility with OpenOffice.org.  The bug itself is
>> in OOo, in the way that it saves its files, no doubt about that.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Comments?
>>     
>
> My opinion is that we should stick to the spec and not copy buggy behaviour of  
> OOo.  I mean we are implementing odf support and not copy an application. That 
> is probably more painful at the moment, but better for the longterm future. 
>   

I think this is a good perspective... for developers.  For users it will 
be very different.  Users will see that OOo works with certain files and 
that KO doesn't.  Their choice as to which program to use will then be 
clear: OOo. 

A users perspective is not about code purity.  Think about the number of 
compromises a program like firefox must make to be bug compatible with 
existing content and reflect on how much you as a user appreciate it 
"just working" in the face of all that bad content.  Certainly push OOo 
developers to clean up.  But also honour existing content.  Users have 
put time into it!

For KO developers I think it is *really* important to decide whether you 
want a *user* base as well as a developer base.  If you want a user base 
then your challenge is how to be bug copatible in the cleanest possible way.

</rant> - sorry.
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