[odf-discuss] Does OO.o violate OpenDocument? If yes, where?

[Daniel Carrera]

On Sat, 2006-18-11 at 09:56 +0100, Thomas Zander wrote:
> There are bugs in OOo where it does do some weirdness. Things that are not 
> following the spec. I know of half a dozen or so.

Exactly. These are the sort of things I have seen. It's not that OOo
produces invalid documents (it doesn't) but that there might be a
mismatch between what's on screen and what's on the XML. Extra
indentation, a page break in the wrong place, etc.


> This is kind of like the early days of HTML.
> In the HTML 3.x days it was pretty hard to manually create a html file that 
> rendered the same everywhere.

Good analogy.

> The ODF applications are at their infancy in implementing the spec, there are 
> surely some bugs which will take some time to smooth out.
> KOffice choose to reimplement its core text-engine for the upcoming 2.0 
> release and while doing so it has ODF clearly in the design specs. This will 
> surely enhance the level of compliance.

No comments, I just wanted to get everyone to read this bit again :)


> Also the testsuite you linked to is a good one as well.
> Note that the official address is:
> http://testsuite.opendocumentfellowship.org

And this :)

I'll also mention that the TestSuite project is actively looking for
volunteers to help out. Please talk to Thomas if you are interested. I
really wish I could contribute, but I have my hands full with the ODF
development projects.

In addition, the TestSuite project is looking for more visiblity. Please
tell your friends, blog about it, announce it on your favourite mailing
lists, do a chat at your local LUG, spam your Mahnjogg, whatever.

> Both OOo and KWord and possibly other ODF implementers follow an open design, 
> which means that if someone finds a problem like the OP apparently did, it is 
> very much appreciated to report it as a bug. And refer to the bug history 
> whenever you are talking about the buggy-feature.

+1

The Fellowship's ODF Viewer follows an open process too, btw, but we are
not yet ready to receive bug reports. We are too alpha right now. But
you are welcome to post comments, ideas and suggestions on this list, or
better yet, come to the IRC channel and chat about the viewer. The
channel is #odf on Freenode. 99% of the discussion about the viewer and
related work takes place there.

Cheers,
Daniel.
-- 
"I AM in shape. Round IS a shape."
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