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 ===== Alternatives ===== ===== Alternatives =====
   * [[pear:packages:opendocument]]   * [[pear:packages:opendocument]]
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 +===== Who uses it? =====
 +It's pretty darned widely used, because it's unique and mostly works.
 +
 +We see a fair number of relatively inexperienced developers who make use of it (rather than simple alternatives, like a CSV), and a smattering of more determined developers who contribute back fixes.
 +
 +===== The original =====
 +The original lives at [[http://search.cpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel.pm|CPAN]].
 +
 +The PEAR code is translated from a really old version of the original, about 12 releases have since taken place.
 +There is no version control of the original, so it's hard to even see the small changes and just apply those.
 +
 +Not scared yet?
 +   Hi John,
 +   Is there a public CVS or SVN that Spreadsheet::WriteExcel lives in ?
 +   Basically, PEAR has a port of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, and it's not exactly been "keeping up with the joneses".
 +   What would be pretty awesome would be a CVS or SVN changelog of sorts; or otherwise a list of bugs you've stomped.
 +   http://search.cpan.org/src/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.21/Changes is all I've found so far - which gets me started, but...
 + 
 +   On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
 +        Hi John,
 +        Is there a public CVS or SVN that Spreadsheet::WriteExcel lives in ?
 +    Hi Daniel,
 +    There isn't any public CVS or SVN archive. All of the previous versions are available here as tar balls:
 +    http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/J/JM/JMCNAMARA/
 +    Most of the PHP ports that I have seen are based on the Excel 5 version of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, i.e. versions <= 1.01.
 +    There was a significant change in the code base for the Excel 97 versions, i.e. >= 2.01, and there has been 13 not insignificant revisions since then.
 +    In short, getting the PHP versions up to the Perl version is probably a non trivial task. :-)
 +    - John.
 +
 +
 +
 +===== How would we go about testing =====
 +One idea to catch regressions is to install a copy of the PERL version, and write tests against both.
 +
 +Expect the perl version to render correctly.
 +
 +The problem with this is the fragility involved.
 +
 +===== How do we tell if patches are any good? =====
 +Well, this is a tricky one.
 +
 +The majority of the users are very enthusiastic, but there's not much in the way of testing you can do on the changes; nor does casual review really help.
 +
  
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