Hi, On Friday, 2022-01-14 02:38:34 +1100, Chris Sherlock wrote:
> On 12 Jan 2022, at 2:45 pm, Kohei Yoshida <ko...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > > Excel these days returns correct system information, instead of just always > > returning "Windows (32-bit) NT 5.01". It was my understanding that we > > couldn't change the string because that's what Excel always returned back > > in the old days. So I assume that's where the "compatibility reasons" > > clause comes from. Maybe Eike can clarify whether I remember this > > correctly. You do. > > I believe I heard that originally from Daniel Rentz who was the expert on > > all things Excel at the time. Yes, and back then the goal was to strive for compatibility and that NT5 didn't even change for some Windows versions, IIRC. > > Since the situation has changed today, I think it's reasonable for Calc to > > return correct system info as well, and update the help text along with it. That's reasonable. For Windows and MacOS we should return a string similar to what Excel returns, if not identical (for identical systems). Taking system versions into account where they do. For *iX I think we have every freedom we want. Maybe something like uname -sro but cut the -r part after the micro version (so omitting patch level and whatever distribution info). Eike -- GPG key 0x6A6CD5B765632D3A - 2265 D7F3 A7B0 95CC 3918 630B 6A6C D5B7 6563 2D3A
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