On 12/21/12 2:00 PM, Ralf Lehmeier wrote: > Jürgen Schmidt schrieb: >> On 12/20/12 8:17 PM, Ralf Lehmeier wrote: >>> Hello! >>> LO has removed all files with the 4.0 up to and including StarOffice 5.2 >>> support. >>> LO 4.0 with the old files can no longer work. >>> What is the plan in AOO? Will there be support for this in the future >>> too? >>> >> >> no, we plan to drop these old formats as well. This was planned since a >> long time for OpenOffice and even long before go-oo was renamed in LO. >> >> The reason is a technical one, the filter code have to be maintained in >> a special library and it is always a lot of work, especially when you >> want to do some core changes. >> >> The usage of the old formats is rather seldom and you can use any >> OpenOffice version < 4.0 to convert any of these files in a newer format >> which is recommended anyway. > > Do they at least have an extension to old files to read at least?
no, an extension or in the office directly doesn't change the maintenance effort. > There are certainly many problems with archived or left behind files, > which can then no longer be read .. if it's important I would suggest to keep a system alive with an AOO3.4.1 version installed. Think about any other software that is end of life and not longer supported or maintained. If you have requirements to use such software to access archived files you have to ensure that you preserve a system where the software is installed. You will always find people who rely on such old formats or filter but we have to look forward. Workarounds exist and that is important, it don't have to be the latest AOO version ;-) Juergen > > Too bad there was a reason to return. > > Best regards R.Lehmeier > >
