Whenever we save or export into a format other than ODF, we risk losing information. This tracking bug helps to collect all of the bugs that pertain to compatibility between file formats, including limitations that prevent a converted file to maintain fidelity to the original.
Hi Robinson, So you collect both limitations and bugs (& not yet implemented elements) on import and export.. Would it be handy to split for various file types and formats?
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #1) > Hi Robinson, > > So you collect both limitations and bugs (& not yet implemented elements) on > import and export.. My intention is to focus on hard limitations. Anything that we could implement (but haven't gotten around to yet) would not be included. > > Would it be handy to split for various file types and formats? Possibly. I'm not sure of the magnitude of these limitations. Perhaps there are only a handful of points that affect real users between, say, ODS and XLSX, or perhaps there are hundreds! Starting to categorize/document these limitations seems like a helpful approach. Example use case: When someone says "What information might I lose if I save this spreadsheet as XLS?", we can just point them to a list.
(In reply to Robinson Tryon (qubit) from comment #2) > Possibly. I'm not sure of the magnitude of these limitations. Perhaps there > are only a handful of points that affect real users between, say, ODS and > XLSX, or perhaps there are hundreds! I would suggest to at least start with three separate issues for text, spreadsheet, presentation.
Hi Robinson, *, For convenience of the ones in cc, it would be lovely if at the same time as adding an issue number, as comment could be given: "Ad bug XXXX: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx" (Basically I copy paste the summary line) Thanks,
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #3) > (In reply to Robinson Tryon (qubit) from comment #2) > > > Possibly. I'm not sure of the magnitude of these limitations. Perhaps there > > are only a handful of points that affect real users between, say, ODS and > > XLSX, or perhaps there are hundreds! > > I would suggest to at least start with three separate issues for text, > spreadsheet, presentation. Yep, let's go with one bug for each of the primary formats we'll deal with: - Bug 88171 - [Meta] Tracking bug for limitations of binary DOC format - Bug 88173 - [Meta] Tracking bug for limitations of DOCX (OOXML) format - Bug 88174 - [Meta] Tracking bug for limitations of binary XLS format - Bug 88175 - [Meta] Tracking bug for limitations of XLSX (OOXML) format - Bug 88176 - [Meta] Tracking bug for limitations of binary PPT format - Bug 88177 - [Meta] Tracking bug for limitations of PPTX (OOXML) format