binfilter removed in LO 4.0 : how to communicate on this change?

[Jean-Baptiste Faure]

Hi Alexander,

Le 10/11/2012 10:44, Alex Thurgood a écrit :
> On 11/10/2012 08:17 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
>
> Hi Jean-Baptiste,
>
>
>> - what the user can do with its old files: I think it is not enough to
>> say "you have to convert them with an old version of LibreOffice". For
>> example, I have old sdw and sxw files in my laboratory diary and I do
>> not want to lose their modification date if I convert them in ODF. What
>> should I do and what advice I could give to an end-user who is in the
>> same position?
>>
> You make a good point, but if there are no mechanisms in place to
> guarantee the date of creation of the file in the first place, then the
> fact that the "last modified" date might get changed when converting to
> ODT will not make the file creation date any less valid than the already
> suspect "file creation" date. If your lab books/diary, which I'm
> assuming are "electronic", do not have a certifiable means of
> guaranteeing the date of creation of any added file then the whole point
> is moot, since if you can change that date without impacting on file
> integrity then you can do pretty much anything you like to your files
> and their legal value as elements of proof of creation will be next to
> worthless.
You are right, of course, but this "electronic" diary does not have any
legal value (AFAIK). I want to keep unchanged the modification date
because that makes finding files easier and shows that the file has not
been written recently.

Best regards.
JBF

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