+1 on separating the issues. While the profile corruption can be tied to recovery failures and being trapped in a recovery loop, there is a quite separate matter on corruption/loss of the presumably-recoverable material itself, whether a final Save operation or some auto-save complication.
The original report on the original thread was not about profile at all. There is in fact no indication that that the user's profile was corrupted. What was clear was that the final save failed and left an useless file. I think tail-gating these issues together is a mistake. There may be common issues with regard to profile corruption and save failures, but this can be factored out after the defect(s) are identified. I think we need to factor in the performance and dependability issues around auto-save and look deeper into (1) making an initial backup, (2) auto-saves, (3) auto-recoveries, and (4) defaults. How locking is handled is a factor too (including on the profile). I have no idea what the resolution will be and the number of iterations it will take to remedy all of it. If we can find an acute case to fix first, that will be our good fortune. What's clear is that the use cases and the failure modes need to be clearly identified so it is clear what is being repaired and there is confidence in it. - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 06:39 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Complaint Writer lost 36 pages of my document with no auto > backup copy. > > My interest in the backup issue is a combination of alarm, as an Open > Office user, at not being able to use automatic backup, and the thrill > of the chase. I actually like tracking down really difficult > intermittent bugs. > > I don't think I have much to contribute to the profile corruption issue. > > I would like to see the backup issue properly documented in Bugzilla, > including any prior analysis, ready for when it does get to the top of > the priority list. [ ... ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
