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* [[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. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | ===== The original ===== | ||
+ | The original lives at [[http://search.cpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel.pm|CPAN]]. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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... | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | ===== 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. | ||
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+ | Expect the perl version to render correctly. | ||
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+ | The problem with this is the fragility involved. | ||
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+ | ===== How do we tell if patches are any good? ===== | ||
+ | Well, this is a tricky one. | ||
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+ | 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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