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

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 08:58:38PM +0300, Stas Fomin wrote:
> <div><pre>Hello!<br /><br />LibreOffice will be very useful<br />in collaborative text editing 
> <br />if <br />* document in plain HTML format will be saved in the versioned storage 
> (Subversion/CVS/&hellip; repository) and <br />* with automatic merging of changes made by 
> different people.<br /><br />But now every merge operation produces at least one conflict: it's a 
> conflict <br />in &lt;meta&gt; tags:<br />&lt;meta name="GENERATOR"&gt; - some people use Linux, 
> some people use Windows<br />&lt;meta name="CHANGED"&gt; - changed on every document save 
> operation, so automatic <br />merge is not possible. <br /><br />Furthermore, when CVS or 
> Subversion client discovers <br />conflicts, it adds conflict markers like '&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; 
> 1.1 .... ====== ..... &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <br />1.2' in the conflict areas, so document could 
> not be opened more as valid HTML, <br />because the HTML header is the conflict area.<br /><br 
> />I know there is a check-box named "Apply user data" in document properties (File/Proper
> ties), and <br />if I uncheck it before saving, &lt;meta name="CHANGED"&gt; isn't overwritten on 
> every <br />save and my personal data isn't written into the document, but:<br />1) &lt;meta 
> name="GENERATOR"&gt; is _still_ overwritten on every save;<br />2) I need to uncheck "Apply user 
> data" every time opening the document.<br /><br />I also know that there is an option "Remove 
> personal data on save" in security <br />settings, but it also doesn't help: &lt;meta 
> name="CHANGED"&gt; is cleared, but &lt;meta <br />name="CREATED"&gt; is always overwritten by 
> current time (WTF???!!), and &lt;meta <br />name="GENERATOR"&gt; is also still overwritten. <br 
> />So this also produces conflicts.<br /><br />I suggest you to add an HTML compatibility option 
> "Do not modify metadata when <br />saving" or something like that. This will be very useful for 
> people <br />who want organize a convenient versioned storage for text documents.<br /><br 
> />Thanks in advance.<br /><br />  Sincerely, Stas Fomin</pre></div>

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