[libreoffice-users] RFE: HTML compatibility option "Do not modify metadata when saving"

Hello!

LibreOffice will be very useful
in collaborative text editing 
if 
* document in plain HTML format will be saved in the versioned storage (Subversion/CVS/… 
repository) and 
* with automatic merging of changes made by different people.

But now every merge operation produces at least one conflict: it's a conflict 
in <meta> tags:
<meta name="GENERATOR"> - some people use Linux, some people use Windows
<meta name="CHANGED"> - changed on every document save operation, so automatic 
merge is not possible. 

Furthermore, when CVS or Subversion client discovers 
conflicts, it adds conflict markers like '<<<<< 1.1 .... ====== ..... >>>>> 
1.2' in the conflict areas, so document could not be opened more as valid HTML, 
because the HTML header is the conflict area.

I know there is a check-box named "Apply user data" in document properties (File/Properties), and 
if I uncheck it before saving, <meta name="CHANGED"> isn't overwritten on every 
save and my personal data isn't written into the document, but:
1) <meta name="GENERATOR"> is _still_ overwritten on every save;
2) I need to uncheck "Apply user data" every time opening the document.

I also know that there is an option "Remove personal data on save" in security 
settings, but it also doesn't help: <meta name="CHANGED"> is cleared, but <meta 
name="CREATED"> is always overwritten by current time (WTF???!!), and <meta 
name="GENERATOR"> is also still overwritten. 
So this also produces conflicts.

I suggest you to add an HTML compatibility option "Do not modify metadata when 
saving" or something like that. This will be very useful for people 
who want organize a convenient versioned storage for text documents.

Thanks in advance.

 Sincerely, Stas Fomin

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