Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 36088
feature request: ability to connect to repository server eg cvs/subversion
Last modified: 2014-03-24 14:54:32 UTC
Hi, I would really like it if soffice had the ability to connect to a repository server like cvs or subversion. This way people can all work on the same information. I know a zipfile in cvs is possible but there is no diff possible. It is possible to use the raw XML but also than a diff is hard. But it does make it possible for users to always work on the latest version, no matter where they are. I hope this is something you guys can work with. I know I can't program so I can' make it myself. kind regards,
reassigned to BH.
activate pretty printing in Tools|Options->Load/Save->General and the diff should be easier. I cannot imagine any other format than plain-text that will work with standard cvs versions with minimal overhead. I think the pretty-print xml is the only alternative. (I don't think that OOo will be able to provide something "better" than the already exisitng functionality). How should the format look like to be more suitable?
I dare to restate my case. The implementation into abiword that made something great possible would imho be a welcome addition to OOo as well. Please have a look at: http://uwog.net/blog/?p=29 Now try to combine that with a central repository for documents. I am currently working with a team on a complex software test project. We are all 20 people trying to access and edit the same set of documents. Currently some secretary is the one making new versions as a sort of human cvs server. But imagine that I open a file from a central repository (a document server using something like webdav and subversion underneath) and allow colaboration. As soon as the latest worker closes the file the new version is commited. I hope I made my point clear enough, otherwise please ask.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".