Re: [libreoffice-users] Why is Impress screwed up with EVERY release?

Let me start off by saying, I don't know how many times I coded 
something to fix one thing, worked on it for hours, that despite not 
seeing other errors, I fixed the thing I started out on.

That said. An amazingly simple test is to print the document with the 
old version and the new version, overlap them, hold it up to a window or 
put it on a light table.  Objects not matching are much easier to see 
and, after 12 hours, I just might be mentally  capable of actually 
seeing them.

I am very grateful and respect all working with LIbreOffice and this is 
not a slight. Do not misunderstand me.
Just what works for me.

If the same thing could be done on screen, it would be wonderful.
New version: Top layer 50%, Old version: bottom layer 75% transmissive.

This assumes locked-down test files.  The other error I've tended to 
make is thinking I put a test file back the way it was instead of 
opening a fresh copy of the test file to check how I did.

It's not being lazy, just human and tired.

On 2/25/2013 2:46 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>wrote:
>
> > On 2013-02-25 8:35 AM, Thorsten Behrens <thb@documentfoundation.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Stephan P. wrote:
> > >
> > > > Honestly, how does this happen? If nobody is working on Impress to even
> > > > check these absolutely basic things, be honest enough about it and drop
> > > > it
> > > > from LO. But constantly, with every release, breaking things that worked
> > > > fine is plain ridiculous.
> >   There is a quite a range of possibilities here - QA volunteers
> > > focusing more on other applications, platform specific problems,
> > > document-specific bugs etc etc. The best advice to give at this point
> > > probably is: get involved with our QA team! E.g. it could be you
> > > running a handful of regression tests, on your platform, with your
> > > files, prior to releases.
> > One other thing...
> >
> > Are the problems you are experiencing happening with just this one
> > document? Or does it happen with multiple other documents?
> >
> > Were the problem documents created originally in LibO (or OOo)?
> >
> > What format are the documents? Ie, are they .odp? .ppt? .pptx?
> I didn't read the whole thread as I just have a lot on my plate but being
> involved with QA I have a few points;
>
> 1) are these reported as bug reports?
>
> 2) is it one document or all documents?
>
> then please note:
>
> 3) Writer and Spreadsheet account for about 75% of our use base (if you
> look at number of bugs reported against writer and spreadsheet you'll get
> an idea of how popular they are). Because the vast number of our developers
> work for FREE we have to prioritize and get to bugs that impact the largest
> number of users. We have very few developers who know the presentation
> code, those ones do a tremendous amount of work and should be thanked by
> everyone for the service they provide.
>
> 4) If you want to contribute (either by developing, helping QA or giving
> money) it may help get bugs squashed faster - there are plenty to go around
> ;)
>
> Best,
> Joel


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