On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org> wrote: > Hello; > > I don't understand, > > I saw a bug (erroneous result returned by a function) and I fixed > it respecting the standards, thereby enhancing interperability > with the market leader. > > I am aware that Rob has a different point of view here but so
By my count, those who expressed concern about your patch are; - Me - Regina - Andre - Stuart - Günter I think this is a non-trivial amount opposition, including from some whose opinions you might respect more than mine. > far neither him nor Stephen Hawking has explained how the change > would be incorrect and no example where someone has been affected > by this change has been provided. > You can't have it both ways. Your claimed benefit is intrinsically tied to breaking compatibility with earlier versions of OpenOffice. You cannot both claim that it has a significant interop benefit and also claim that it has a negligible backwards compatibility impact. Regards, -Rob > Has the patch been vetoed, and if so on what basis? > > Pedro. > > > >>________________________________ >> Da: Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> >>A: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>Cc: dwhyt...@gmail.com; pesce...@apache.org; 'Pedro Giffuni' <p...@apache.org> >>Inviato: Martedì 12 Febbraio 2013 13:11 >>Oggetto: RE: Calc behavior: result of 0 ^ 0 >> >>RESOLUTION OF THE PROPOSAL >> >>The proposed change was made under CTR (Commit then Review). There has been >>a subsequent review and, as Don points out, the discussion has been lengthy >>and vocal. >> >>The objective is to achieve consensus. I believe it is clear that there is >>no consensus on the proposed change and the proposal fails. >> >>I can't speak for the AOO PMC. It would be useful if Andreas helped wrap >>this up. If the lack of consensus is affirmed, Pedro can revert the change >>and adjust the Bugzilla issue. >> >>THE ESSENCE OF THE PROPOSAL >> >>The proposal is to enact the breaking change as described on >>the Community Wiki at >><https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Notes> >>. >> >>It is under Changes that Impact Backward Compatibility, Calc and OpenFormula >>Support. >> >>"Exponentiation >> >>"The current version of Calc produces 1 for POWER(0,0). This is one of the >>implementation-defined results that is permitted by ODF 1.2 OpenFormula. >> >>"It is proposed to change POWER(0,0) to result in #VALUE!. This is also >>permitted as the implementation-defined result. This is also compatible >>with Excel and the Excel 2013 support for ODF 1.2 OpenFormula in .ods >>Spreadsheets. ..." >> >>OUTCOME >> >>The proposed change is tracked in Bugzilla Issue #114430, >>< https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=114430>. >> >>A patch to implement this proposal is already included in the SVN. >>If the proposal is not accepted as the result of CTR review, the >>Issue will be closed and the patch reverted. >> >>- Dennis >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Donald Whytock [mailto:dwhyt...@gmail.com] >>Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 09:20 >>To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>Subject: Re: Calc behavior: result of 0 ^ 0 >> >>...So I got curious, and I paged back in my email archive, and it >>seems this is the biggest AOO dev thread since the graduation vote >>back in early September. >> >>At this point, does anyone care enough about changing the status quo >>as to put up a coherent proposal to be voted on? >> >>Don >> >> >> >>
