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[Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed

Bug #915059 reported by Leo H
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Bug Description

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip && file-roller -h versions.zip && cd versions && lowriter -nologo version1.odt

Edit -> Compare Document -> version2.odt -> Insert button

is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan hyphen is shown to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" and "LibreOffice Writer" is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it should look may be found via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files/versions-space.zip && file-roller -h versions-space.zip && cd versions-space && lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt

Edit -> Compare Document -> version2-space.odt -> Insert button

4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" is not shown and "LibreOffice Writer" is marked tan with a tan underline.

See original description
penalvch (penalvch)
description: updated
tags: removed: compare document libreoffice writer
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :
penalvch (penalvch)
description: updated
summary: - Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
+ Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote : Re: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed

Leo H, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. The original Bug Description has been distilled to remove the opinions of Compare Document and focus on the bug itself. Despite the revamped Bug Description now being objective, specific, and simplified to what seems 3 results of the same root bug, it is asking potentially for three bug fixes:
1) "...one tan hyphen is shown to the left of 'LibreOffice Writer'..."
2) "...'LibreOffice Writer' is not marked tan..."
3) "...'LibreOffice Writer' is not marked...with a tan underline."

This should not be met with resistance in the case that upstream wants to further break this up. In any event, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in df-libreoffice:
status: New → Incomplete
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In , Leo H (leo-h-hildebrandt) wrote :

The Compare Document function in LibreOffice Writer highlights unchanged words as changed.

A complete description and a detailed analysis of this issue is given at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059

Another simple descriptive example of this issue is given at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/0

The launchpad moderator tested and validated this bug, judged it an upstream issue, and requested referring and submitting it to the LibreOffice developers direct.

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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip && file-roller -h versions.zip && cd versions && lowriter -nologo version1.odt

Edit -> Compare Document -> version2.odt -> Insert button

is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan hyphen is shown to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" and "LibreOffice Writer" is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it should look may be found via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files/versions-space.zip && file-roller -h versions-space.zip && cd versions-space && lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt

Edit -> Compare Document -> version2-space.odt -> Insert button

4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" is not shown and "LibreOffice Writer" is marked tan with a tan underline.

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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Created attachment 55658
versions.zip

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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Created attachment 55659
versions-space.zip

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In , Leo H (leo-h-hildebrandt) wrote :

The Compare Document function in LibreOffice Writer highlights unchanged words as changed.

A complete description and a detailed analysis of this issue is given at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059

Another simple descriptive example of this issue is given at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/0

The launchpad moderator tested and validated this bug, judged it an upstream issue, and requested referring and submitting it to the LibreOffice developers direct.

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Leo H (leo-h-hildebrandt) wrote :

Dear Christopher

Thanks for your reply and for your thorough analysis of this bug.

I have submitted this bug to the LibreOffice Bugzilla as you suggested. The bug report is on:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847

Clearly, the fundamental flaws and weaknesses in LibreOffice Writer Document Compare have been an issue for very long, as is well documented on:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Track_changes

Evidently, little if anything appears in fact to have been resolved here since OpenOffice itself was launched, more than 10 years ago now.

Yet I cannot emphasize enough the importance in a professional document production and editing environment of a competent and fine-grained Document Compare functionality in LibreOffice Writer for document change identification, revision management and version control.

I sincerely hope that both Canonical and the Ubuntu community help pushing this issue to the top of the agenda of the LibreOffice developers.

Leo

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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip && file-roller -h versions.zip && cd versions && lowriter -nologo version1.odt

Edit -> Compare Document -> version2.odt -> Insert button

is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan hyphen is shown to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" and "LibreOffice Writer" is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it should look may be found via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files/versions-space.zip && file-roller -h versions-space.zip && cd versions-space && lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt

Edit -> Compare Document -> version2-space.odt -> Insert button

4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" is not shown and "LibreOffice Writer" is marked tan with a tan underline.

Revision history for this message
In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Created attachment 55658
versions.zip

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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Created attachment 55659
versions-space.zip

penalvch (penalvch)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: Incomplete → Unknown
summary: - Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
+ [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Unknown → High
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Qa-admin-q (qa-admin-q) wrote :

Please read this message in its entirety before responding.

Your bug was confirmed at least 1 year ago and has not had any activity on it for over a year. Your bug is still set to NEW which means that it is open and confirmed. It would be nice to have the bug confirmed on a newer version than the version reported in the original report to know that the bug is still present -- sometimes a bug is inadvertently fixed over time and just never closed.

If you have time please do the following:
1) Test to see if the bug is still present on a currently supported version of LibreOffice (preferably 4.2 or newer).
2) If it is present please leave a comment telling us what version of LibreOffice and your operating system.
3) If it is NOT present please set the bug to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a short comment telling us your version and Operating System

Please DO NOT
1) Update the version field
2) Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker)
3) Set the bug to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case)

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
LibreOffice is powered by a team of volunteers, every bug is confirmed (triaged) by human beings who mostly give their time for free. We invite you to join our triaging by checking out this link:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugTriage

There are also other ways to get involved including with marketing, UX, documentation, and of course developing - http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/.

Lastly, good bug reports help tremendously in making the process go smoother, please always provide reproducible steps (even if it seems easy) and attach any and all relevant material

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In , Qa-admin-q (qa-admin-q) wrote :

Please read this message in its entirety before responding.

Your bug was confirmed at least 1 year ago and has not had any activity on it for over a year. Your bug is still set to NEW which means that it is open and confirmed. It would be nice to have the bug confirmed on a newer version than the version reported in the original report to know that the bug is still present -- sometimes a bug is inadvertently fixed over time and just never closed.

If you have time please do the following:
1) Test to see if the bug is still present on a currently supported version of LibreOffice (preferably 4.2 or newer).
2) If it is present please leave a comment telling us what version of LibreOffice and your operating system.
3) If it is NOT present please set the bug to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a short comment telling us your version and Operating System

Please DO NOT
1) Update the version field
2) Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker)
3) Set the bug to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case)

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
LibreOffice is powered by a team of volunteers, every bug is confirmed (triaged) by human beings who mostly give their time for free. We invite you to join our triaging by checking out this link:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugTriage

There are also other ways to get involved including with marketing, UX, documentation, and of course developing - http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/.

Lastly, good bug reports help tremendously in making the process go smoother, please always provide reproducible steps (even if it seems easy) and attach any and all relevant material

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In , Qa-admin-q (qa-admin-q) wrote :

** Please read this message in its entirety before responding **

To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year.

There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present.

If you have time, please do the following:

Test to see if the bug is still present on a currently supported version of LibreOffice (4.4.1 or later): https://www.libreoffice.org/download/

If the bug is present, please leave a comment that includes the version of LibreOffice and your operating system, and any changes you see in the bug behavior

If the bug is NOT present, please set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a short comment that includes your version of LibreOffice and Operating System

Please DO NOT

Update the version field
Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker)
Set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case)

If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a REGRESSION. To do so: 1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3)

http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

2. Test your bug 3. Leave a comment with your results. 4a. If the bug was present with 3.3 - set version to "inherited from OOo"; 4b. If the bug was not present in 3.3 - add "regression" to keyword

Feel free to come ask questions or to say hello in our QA chat: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreoffice-qa

Thank you for your help!

-- The LibreOffice QA Team This NEW Message was generated on: 2015-07-18

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In , Beluga (beluga) wrote :

Confirmed.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 186f32f63434e16ff5776251657f902d5808ed3d
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2015-10-16_09:42:47
Locale: en-US (fi_FI)

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In , Qa-admin-q (qa-admin-q) wrote :

** Please read this message in its entirety before responding **

To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year.

There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present.

If you have time, please do the following:

Test to see if the bug is still present on a currently supported version of LibreOffice
(5.1.6 or 5.2.3 https://www.libreoffice.org/download/

If the bug is present, please leave a comment that includes the version of LibreOffice and
your operating system, and any changes you see in the bug behavior

If the bug is NOT present, please set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave
a short comment that includes your version of LibreOffice and Operating System

Please DO NOT

Update the version field
Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker)
Set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not
appropriate in this case)

If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a REGRESSION. To do so:
1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3)

http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

2. Test your bug
3. Leave a comment with your results.
4a. If the bug was present with 3.3 - set version to "inherited from OOo";
4b. If the bug was not present in 3.3 - add "regression" to keyword

Feel free to come ask questions or to say hello in our QA chat: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreoffice-qa

Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone!

Warm Regards,
QA Team

MassPing-UntouchedBug-20161108

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: High → Unknown
status: Confirmed → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Unknown → High
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

Synchronising bug status with upstream.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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In , Qa-admin-q (qa-admin-q) wrote :

Dear Leo H,

To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year.

There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present.

If you have time, please do the following:

Test to see if the bug is still present with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/

If the bug is present, please leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice.

If the bug is NOT present, please set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice.

Please DO NOT

Update the version field
Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker)
Set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not
appropriate in this case)

If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a REGRESSION. To do so:
1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3) from https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

2. Test your bug
3. Leave a comment with your results.
4a. If the bug was present with 3.3 - set version to 'inherited from OOo';
4b. If the bug was not present in 3.3 - add 'regression' to keyword

Feel free to come ask questions or to say hello in our QA chat: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.freenode.net/#libreoffice-qa

Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone!

Warm Regards,
QA Team

MassPing-UntouchedBug

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In , timur (ba.timur) wrote :

Created attachment 172605
version compared screen

This bug seems to have been resolved in 3.6 which makes it opposite to bug 71155 which started then.
Comparison attached.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Confirmed Fix Released in:
apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  Candidate: 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.2.1-0ubuntu3 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish/main amd64 Packages

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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