** Description changed: + WORKAROUND: -> https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa + This is a regression in upstream between 3.5.4 and 3.5.5. [Impact] when opening a received xls created by Microsoft Excel 2003, then saving as xls again by LibreOffice, file size becomes considerably larger. i.e. 32KB -> 1.4MB (40x larger) [Test Case] A. to confirm the regression is fixed 1. open the xls file(32KB) attached in upstream bug - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=64725 - 2. save it as xls in LibreOffice Calc - 3. confirm that the file size becomes almost 1.4MB - 4. update to -proposed - 5. open the file in the upstream bug again and save it as xls - 6. confirm that the file size is almost the same as the original(32KB) + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=64725 + 2. save it as xls in LibreOffice Calc + 3. confirm that the file size becomes almost 1.4MB + 4. update to -proposed + 5. open the file in the upstream bug again and save it as xls + 6. confirm that the file size is almost the same as the original(32KB) B. to confirm not happening another regression - 1. create a new document in LibreOffice Calc - 2. make the height of A5 cell 50mm - 3. focus to A5 cell - 4. save as xls and close the document - 5. open the xls file again - 6. confirm that the height of A5 cell is 50mm, the height of other rows stay default height. + 1. create a new document in LibreOffice Calc + 2. make the height of A5 cell 50mm + 3. focus to A5 cell + 4. save as xls and close the document + 5. open the xls file again + 6. confirm that the height of A5 cell is 50mm, the height of other rows stay default height. - above steps of B1.-6. should be tested with both current and -proposed + above steps of B1.-6. should be tested with both current and -proposed version - Note: with 3.5.4 or lower version, when opening the xls file again in + Note: with 3.5.4 or lower version, when opening the xls file again in step 5, the height of all cells becomes 50mm. - [Regression Potential] - the patch causing this regression was intended to fix fdo#50304. - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50304 - to prevent fdo#50304 from happening again by this SRU, additional test case is described above. - + the patch causing this regression was intended to fix fdo#50304. + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50304 + to prevent fdo#50304 from happening again by this SRU, additional test case is described above. ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libreoffice-calc 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.315.1 Date: Wed Jun 26 06:35:48 2013 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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