broken filters in words

[C. Boemann]

On Saturday 03 December 2011 16:10:06 Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
> On 3 December 2011 15:51, Sebastian Sauer <mail at dipe.org> wrote:
> > On 12/02/2011 05:31 PM, C. Boemann wrote:
> >> On Friday 02 December 2011 09:32:56 Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> >>> In Words, the following filters are broken because they convert to/from
> >>> the
> >>> old kwd format which was removed. They are still installed, though, and
> >>> appear in the file dialog as options (and then don't work...)
> >>> 
> >>> palmdocexport
> >>> palmdocimport
> >>> wmlexport
> >>> wmlimport
> >>> oowriterexport
> >>> oowriterimport
> >>> mswriteimport
> >>> mswriteexport
> >>> docbookexport
> >>> wpimport
> >>> wpexport
> >>> rtfexport
> >>> asciiexport
> >>> amiproexport
> >>> amiproimport
> >>> htmlexport
> >>> abiwordimport
> >>> abiwordexport
> >>> lateximport
> >>> latexport
> >>> starwriterimport
> >>> htmlimport
> >>> dcmimport
> >>> 
> >>> At the very least, we shouldn't install them -- but should we compile
> >>> them
> >>> at all? Should the code even remain in the repositories? We've seen
> >>> with doc, rtf and html that if we want to reinstate support for broken
> >>> file formats, that we usually rewrite the complete filter
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Some of the broken formats, like ms-write are also listed in Words'
> >>> desktop
> >>> file:
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> MimeType=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.
> >>> open
> >>> 
> >>> document.text-template;application/msword;application/rtf;text/plain;ap
> >>> plic
> >>> 
> >>> ation/x-mswrite;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordproce
> >>> ssin
> >>> 
> >>> gml.document;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessi
> >>> ngml .template;
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> X-Calligra-DefaultMimeTypes=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text,app
> >>> lica
> >>> 
> >>> tion/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template,application/msword,applicatio
> >>> n/rt
> >>> 
> >>> f,text/plain,application/x-mswrite,application/vnd.openxmlformats-offic
> >>> edoc
> >>> 
> >>> ument.wordprocessingml.document,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedo
> >>> cume nt.wordprocessingml.template
> >> 
> >> Yes I vote we remove them from the repository
> > 
> > I would prefer to keep them + disable compile + add a comment why / what
> > needs to be done so if someone steps in to add/extend a certain filter
> > he/she could build up his work on an probably already the existing one.
> 
> I wanted to propose that too as this is actually the way what I do
> with obsolete but not yet replaced code.
> But for others it would be enough to look in git history. If so, let's
> create a tag for that revision.
I don't have that big a problem keeping them around except I really question 
if they are ever going to be useful. And if so then it's just noise 
How about we remove, but tag as jaroslaw suggests, and then add a READM 
docment to filters instead describing to how to checkout that tag ?