[Libreoffice-qa] ODF compatibility tests

[Jay Philips]

On 05/02/2014 07:50 PM, Sophie wrote:
> Hi Jay,,
> Le 02/05/2014 17:40, Jay Philips a écrit :
>> Hi Sophie,
>>
>> If you are not already aware, you can create office documents at
>> office.com as it is free. I have created a few tests there myself, but
>> prefer to use ms word myself.
> Yes, thanks, but it's not exactly the same as local version and I don't
> know what version is used online so it makes the test less trustful on a
> QA perspective.

I just confirmed that the online version is running word 2013 as i 
tested a document that opens one way in 2010 and another way in 2013.

>   I could definitely supply you with any
>> sample files that you need to run the tests, but unfortunately i dont
>> think i would have the time to manage test runs myself.
> Of course, I don't want you to manage test runs :) but if you could
> supply me with few docs and what needs to be tested based on your
> experience, it would be great.

Yes i could definitely supply you with a few docs, but my experience is 
quite limited to the tests that i'm currently doing and sending bug 
fixes in for.

> Cheers
> Sophie
>> Jay Philips
>>
>> On 05/02/2014 07:20 PM, Sophie wrote:
>>> Hi Jay,
>>> Le 02/05/2014 14:21, Jay Philips a écrit :
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I was curious what compatibility tests are being run to ensure that LibO
>>>> displays ODF accurately. I had asked a similar question a few days back
>>>> on the LibO QA mailing list but never got a response. Is there an
>>>> archive of standard compliant odf 1.0/1.1 and 1.2 files that is
>>>> available? Alternatively, is there an ODF test to validate if a ODF file
>>>> outputted by an ODF compatible software complies to the ODF standard and
>>>> can output the file as a pdf to show how it should be rendered, somewhat
>>>> similar to the Acid test for CSS.
>>>>
>>>> As part of my extensive testing of .docx files in LibO, i'm currently
>>>> testing ODF outputted by LibO to see how well its imported into Word
>>>> 2010 and 2013, as well as testing ODF outputted by Word 2010 and 2013 to
>>>> see how well its imported into LibO. It would be nice to have a ODF
>>>> software that i could use its output as a reference to compare these
>>>> results against, as i've found ODF outputted by word 2010 that doesnt
>>>> open correctly in LibO but did in Calligra Words and i've also found ODF
>>>> files on libreoffice.org that displayed differences in LibO 4.1 and 4.2.
>>>> Currently if a .doc, .docx or .rtf loads different between LibO and ms
>>>> word, i report these bugs, but if there are load differences for .odt
>>>> files its difficult to know if its a LibO or ms word problem.
>>> If you are interested, I'm maintaining a tool for the QA team, mainly
>>> for manual regression tests, but also to tests new features. It's called
>>> MozTrap and you can find it here :
>>> http://manual-test.libreoffice.org/results/runs/
>>> I would like to add more regression tests on import/export to Office
>>> formats, but I don't have Windows or Office so it makes it difficult for
>>> me to write accurate tests. Would you be interested to help me to write
>>> them correctly and add some samples to tests.
>>> Here is MozTrap guide:
>>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/MozTrap/User_Guide
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Sophie
>>>
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