Bug 55073

Summary:	Add more details to the LibreOffice User-Agent string
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Johnny_M <klasse>
Component:	LibreOffice	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium
Version:	3.6.1.2 release
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Windows (All)
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156982
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Description Johnny_M 2012-09-18 23:51:20 UTC

A simple "LibreOffice" string has been entroduced on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678440 But given the changing nature of software implementation - and LibreOffice is no exception here - and for statistical purposes, it would be nice if web developers were able to detect the version of LibreOffice in its User-Agent.
E.g., LibreOffice 3.6.1 uses "LibreOffice/3.6$Windows_x86" as generator meta data when a file is stored in one of the Open Document formats. A similar string could be used as the User-Agent string.

Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2017-03-02 10:14:08 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

Dear Reporter,
it seems this request was filled long time ago.
Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.

Comment 2 Johnny_M 2017-03-03 16:08:55 UTC

I'm closing this after all, because:
- I don't personally have a use for it
- There is a privacy and security implication (disclosure of the LO version and the OS)
- There may be an impact on people using the user agent filtering in their firewall/proxy, as described in https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/12565/libreoffice-personas-behind-proxy-firewall/