[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 116773] Power Detective Trace arrows embedded in exported Excel document

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116773

Colin <that.man.colin at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #16 from Colin <that.man.colin at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Samuel Mehrbrodt (CIB) from comment #15)
> So this is obviously not our bug.
> 
> That extension adds random graphics to the sheet.
> How should LibreOffice know which graphics to remove and which not when
> saving? Of course it will save all graphics that are in the sheet.
> 
> The extension needs to remove them before saving if they should not be saved
> with the sheet.
> 
> Please report this issue to the extension developer.

If LibreOffice doesn't know which elements created by a third party extension
should or should not be saved then surely the best and most consistent course
of action is to not save any elements from any third party extensions when
exporting. After all, If I'm exporting to another format it might reasonably be
assumed  I would be aware of whether support exists in the target format for
the sheet I just created OR I was exporting it to ascertain whether it would
fly. I only discovered it by accident because I actually forgot to erase the
trace and exported the file from within sheet eight of a nineteen sheet
document and the page one trace elements were not visible. The document was
intended for a user on Excel so the results could be viewed - not the steps
taken to ensure the flow was correct.

How would the extension know that LibreOffice is saving?

Would you really want any third party extension to interfere with the
LibreOffice save or export routines?

Are we to dictate that users should not make mistakes or if they do, not report
unexopected results?

Trust me, I searched very carefully for some form of extension error reporting
and all I found was a reporting procedure listing extensions as a topic, there
is no indication that it's not for third party extensions.

If a reporting facility for third party developers exists in the LibreOffice
bug extemination department then perhaps the provision of a link would help.

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