Hi all, I understand the rationale for removing binfilter. I think that everybody agree with the decision to make the documents in old formats read-only. In fact that should have been done several years ago.
But the removing of the import of old formats is another story. I am already hearing end-users complaining against this decision. Indeed it is not so evident that the users can convert their old files to OpenDocument format. I see at least one argument against such conversion: if you have old archived sdw files, you do not want transform your archives in an unusable bazaar by renaming and changing the date of all your files. So I think we have some work to do to prepare the transition: - have a very clear and strong communication about this decision in order to allow the users to understand it and prepare themselves. - it seems necessary to keep the last version of LibO which contains binfilter available for download during a long time. - communicate on the document converter: probably many users do not know it - add to the converter the possibility to keep the date of the original file when converted to ODF - perhaps add to the converter the possibility to rename the files in a more informative way than only change their extension, eg toto.sdw -> toto_sdw.odt Best regards JBF -- Seuls des formats ouverts peuvent assurer la pérennité de vos documents. _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
