[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 31076] Create backup copy is unchecked

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31076

--- Comment #3 from Noel Power <nopower at novell.com> 2010-10-27 08:36:37 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> > I don't think this is an issue of performance but rather space, if you always
> > create a backup copy then you will have double the amount of documents you
> > create ( in a non-obvious location )
> 
> That may indeed be the reason ... If that is the case we could consider adding
> a parameter max occupancy or shelf life.
> 
I don't know that introducing even more options in this area would make things
clearer :-(
> > Additionally the backup may not do exactly
> > what you thing, the back up keeps the *previous* version of the file and not
> > the version you just saved. 
> 
> Yes I know and I know I do not take this proposal out of nowhere. The file
> corruption problems are so regular on the french forum that a section had their
> being dedicated :
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/fr/forum/viewforum.php?f=35
[...]
don't read french but.... would be even better to get to the root cause of what
sounds like endemic corruption problems
> Note that this request is also included in the survey:
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User_Experience/Improving_OOo_Default_Settings
that's interesting, but I suppose it doesn't either indicate the amount of
support for changing that option or not.
> 
> > In these circumstances it is quite reasonable to
> > make this a non-default option. 
> 
> Well this is a point of view but I do not share
:-) sure, and the beauty of this project is that it is in your power to change
things, 
 a) poke the list, see if there are any major objections to making this change
( and the change required I would guess probably doesn't even require coding
but just finding the correct config file in the build tree to change )
 b) propose a patch
 c) submit the patch

chances are it will even get accepted :-)

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