[Bug 1194740] Re: [precise] Saving xls files originally created in Excel 2003 causes considerable increase of file size

[Björn Michaelsen]

** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu Precise)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)

** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  [precise] Saving xls files originally created in Excel 2003 causes
  considerable increase of file size

Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
  Fix Released
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “libreoffice” source package in Precise:
  New

Bug description:
  This is a regression in upstream between 3.5.4 and 3.5.5.

  [Impact]
   when opening a received xls created by Microsoft Excel 2003, then saving as xls again by LibreOffice,
   file size becomes considerably larger.
   i.e. 32KB -> 1.4MB (40x larger)

  [Test Case]

  A. to confirm the regression is fixed
   1. open the xls file(32KB) attached in upstream bug
      https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=64725
   2. save it as xls in LibreOffice Calc
   3. confirm that the file size becomes almost 1.4MB
   4. update to -proposed
   5. open the file in the upstream bug again and save it as xls
   6. confirm that the file size is almost the same as the original(32KB)

  B. to confirm not happening another regression
   1. create a new document in LibreOffice Calc
   2. make the height of A5 cell 50mm
   3. focus to A5 cell
   4. save as xls and close the document
   5. open the xls file again
   6. confirm that the height of A5 cell is 50mm, the height of other rows stay default height.

   above steps of B1.-6. should be tested with both current and
  -proposed version

   Note: with 3.5.4 or lower version, when opening the xls file again in
  step 5, the height of all cells becomes 50mm.

  
  [Regression Potential]
   the patch causing this regression was intended to fix fdo#50304.
     https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50304
   to prevent fdo#50304 from happening again by this SRU, additional test case is described above.

  
  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: libreoffice-calc 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1
  Date: Wed Jun 26 06:35:48 2013
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: libreoffice
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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