In the interest of the software and its users you might be more specific.
On 21/05/2015 15:25, Bob wrote: > What atracted me to gnumeric is that it corrected some of the many > errors in Excel. So, my main concern here is that we not keep Excel > errors in the interests of compatibility. > > Forwarded message: >> From [email protected] Wed May 20 22:42:04 2015 >> From: Markus Mohrhard <[email protected]> >> >> Hey, >> >> I'm one of the LibreOffice Calc maintainers and one of the people >> maintaining the calc automated tests. >> >> As you might know there is no official OpenFormula test suite which in my >> opinion is one of the big issues with OpenFormula. To make matters worse >> many corner cases are not specified and therefore implementation defined >> resulting in problems around interoperability. >> >> Another point is that adding new features requires to add them into an own >> namespace which is important for Excel interoperability. As more or less >> every implementation is implementing its own names for these non-specified >> functions it further causes interoperability issues. >> >> >> I was wondering if there is interested in tackling these issues as part of >> a cooperation between the two projects by creating a test suite for >> OpenFormula functions and related functions. The idea would be that this >> suite could be consumed by both projects in their automated tests to make >> sure that the implementation is consistent and that names for new functions >> are the same for both projects. >> >> Currently my idea would be to use flat odf for a document containing a >> spreadsheet with the functions and csv for the expected results but I'm >> open to other ideas that create easy to consume tests. >> >> I'd love to hear what you think of this proposal for collaboration. >> >> Regards, >> Markus >> >> --047d7b66f8e5061bb205168e7c71 >> Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hey,<br><br><= >> /div>I'm one of the LibreOffice Calc maintainers and one of the people = >> maintaining the calc automated tests.<br><br></div>As you might know there = >> is no official OpenFormula test suite which in my opinion is one of the big= >> issues with OpenFormula. To make matters worse many corner cases are not s= >> pecified and therefore implementation defined resulting in problems around = >> interoperability.<br><br></div>Another point is that adding new features re= >> quires to add them into an own namespace which is important for Excel inter= >> operability. As more or less every implementation is implementing its own n= >> ames for these non-specified functions it further causes interoperability i= >> ssues.<br><br><br></div></div>I was wondering if there is interested in tac= >> kling these issues as part of a cooperation between the two projects by cre= >> ating a test suite for OpenFormula functions and related functions. The ide= >> a would be that this suite could be consumed by both projects in their auto= >> mated tests to make sure that the implementation is consistent and that nam= >> es for new functions are the same for both projects.<br><br></div>Currently= >> my idea would be to use flat odf for a document containing a spreadsheet w= >> ith the functions and csv for the expected results but I'm open to othe= >> r ideas that create easy to consume tests.<br><br></div>I'd love to hea= >> r what you think of this proposal for collaboration.<br><br></div>Regards,<= >> br></div>Markus<br></div> >> >> --047d7b66f8e5061bb205168e7c71-- >> >> --===============4383337659633115881== >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> Content-Disposition: inline >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnumeric-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list >> >> --===============4383337659633115881==-- >> >> > > -------> First-time AP Stats. teacher? Help is on the way! See > http://courses.ncssm.edu/math/Stat_Inst/Stats2007/Bob%20Hayden/Relief.html > _ > | | Robert W. Hayden > | | 614 Nashua Street #119 > / | Milford, New Hampshire 03055 USA > | | > | | email: bob@ the site below > / x | website: http://statland.org > | / > '''''' > > > _______________________________________________ > gnumeric-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list > _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list
