[lazy consensus] hwpfilter status - preparing axe

[Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>]

Hello;

If there is no objection (as in someone working on it), I will remove 
hwpfilter from the tree.

As most may recall, hwpfilter was disabled due to a security
vulnerability. Apparently the format is not in wide use anymore and
the old filter doesn't work with the newer formats anyway.

Thanks to version control the code can be rescued if needed but
now it won't be wasting space in the source releases.

Pedro.

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Re: [lazy consensus] hwpfilter status - preparing axe

[Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>]

Marcus wrote:
> AFAIK Andrea has helped to delete the code that managed the filter
> choices in the file dialogs. So, the file filter is still in the code
> but it's no longer possible to see and choose it in the UI.

Sure, that code is dead, unused, and can be removed. I made the minimal 
fixes to make sure we would not build it. To be clear: it is not simply 
hidden, it is not built (even optionally) at build time; the built 
OpenOffice does not contain the relevant library at all, so the file 
filter is NOT shipped with the OpenOffice binaries. But we can now 
complete the removal from sources.

For context:

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126281
This is the minimal set of fixes included in 4.1.2, by Kay and me. This 
issue is closed.

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126369
This is a larger set of actions that should be taken for a complete 
clean-up (together with, of course, the module removal itself). It's 
assigned to me, but I'll be very happy if Pedro takes over and uses his 
axe on hwpfilter and all the small related components listed there.

Regards,
   Andrea.

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Re: [lazy consensus] hwpfilter status - preparing axe

[Marcus <ma...@wtnet.de>]

FYI:

AFAIK Andrea has helped to delete the code that managed the filter 
choices in the file dialogs. So, the file filter is still in the code 
but it's no longer possible to see and choose it in the UI.

Marcus



Am 02/11/2016 04:15 PM, schrieb Pedro Giffuni:
> If there is no objection (as in someone working on it), I will remove
> hwpfilter from the tree.
>
> As most may recall, hwpfilter was disabled due to a security
> vulnerability. Apparently the format is not in wide use anymore and
> the old filter doesn't work with the newer formats anyway.
>
> Thanks to version control the code can be rescued if needed but
> now it won't be wasting space in the source releases.

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