LibreOffice will be very useful in collaborative text editing if * document in plain HTML format will be saved in the versioned storage (Subversion/CVS/… repository) and * with automatic merging of changes made by different people. But now every merge operation produces at least one conflict: it's a conflict in <meta> tags: <meta name="GENERATOR"> - some people use Linux, some people use Windows <meta name="CHANGED"> - changed on every document save operation, so automatic merge is not possible. Furthermore, when CVS or Subversion client discovers conflicts, it adds conflict markers like '<<<<< 1.1 .... ====== ..... >>>>> 1.2' in the conflict areas, so document could not be opened more as valid HTML, because the HTML header is the conflict area. I know there is a check-box named "Apply user data" in document properties (File/Properties), and if I uncheck it before saving, <meta name="CHANGED"> isn't overwritten on every save and my personal data isn't written into the document, but: 1) <meta name="GENERATOR"> is _still_ overwritten on every save; 2) I need to uncheck "Apply user data" every time opening the document. I also know that there is an option "Remove personal data on save" in security settings, but it also doesn't help: <meta name="CHANGED"> is cleared, but <meta name="CREATED"> is always overwritten by current time (WTF???!!), and <meta name="GENERATOR"> is also still overwritten. So this also produces conflicts. I suggest you to add an HTML compatibility option "Do not modify metadata when saving" or something like that. This will be very useful for people who want organize a convenient versioned storage for text documents.
[This is an automated message.] This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases. Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1 more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html
Checked 3.5.0beta1 No changes. * Still add ---------- <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20120117;13152567"> ---------- to HTML. * Still there are no settings to disable this. My RFE is still active.
Dear bug submitter! Due to the fact, that there are a lot of NEEDINFO bugs with no answer within the last six months, we close all of these bugs. To keep this message short, more infos are available @ https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/NeedinfoClosure#Statement Thanks for understanding and hopefully updating your bug, so that everything is prepared for developers to fix your problem. Yours! Florian