On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 02:01:04PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> writes:
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> OK, I started looking at how we'll maintain this in SVN.
> > .ODT files are zipped archives of XML files so
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> SVN does not handle them as well as text files.
> >
>
> So one option is to have a makefile to
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> unpack and re-pack this. I attach a version that
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> works for me, if we decide to go for it.
> >
>
> Another option is to switch to "flat XML" format which
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> puts all information in a single file but
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> unzipped:
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> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/download/file.php?id=12494&sid=6904fd78ca8409766d28ac1f5c908e64
>
> One downside is things like styles can easily change
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> uninitentionally, so we'll likely have trouble merging.
> >
>
> First option seems to better separate content from formatting,
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> and results in smaller file downloads for users,
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> but the second one is slightly easier to use.
>
> We could, alternatively, use XML as the basis, but it seems a bit like
> overkill to me. From now on, we can just use OO's internal change
> tracking and merging mechanisms.
So what's the plan? Send openoffice documents as attachments?
This means indexing by e.g. gmane becomes useless :(
>
> Yes, it's a pain for pushing patches around on the mailing list,
> but it's easier for end users IMHO.
>
> Cheers,
> Rusty.
End users should just get a PDF, no?
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