Re: Bug#752230: libreoffice-kde: KDE native file picker is not used even if package libreoffice-kde is installed

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

found 752230 1:4.2.4~rc2-1
thanks

Hi,

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 02:23:12PM +0200, Johannes Fichtinger wrote:
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> The native KDE file picker is not used in the current version of LibreOffice in
> SID, even if the option “Use LibreOffice dialogue boxes” is NOT ticked.

True.

This is the case since 1:4.2.4~rc2-1:

# zcat /usr/share/doc/libreoffice-kde/NEWS.Debian.gz
libreoffice (1:4.2.4~rc2-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * This version has some more KDE4 patches backported from libreoffice-4-2
    branch. (so they would have been in 4.2.5 proper anyways).

    This also means that the KDE integration code now also contains a runtime
    check for a Qt function - without that one the KDE File Picker is completey
    flaky and will crash often (see e.g. #743221 and #742675).

    This effectively means the the KDE File Picker is still built and included
    in this package but de-facto disabled until Qt is fixed.

 -- Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>  Thu, 01 May 2014 12:42:05 +0200

done by

libreoffice (1:4.2.4~rc2-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * new upstream release candidate

  * debian/patches/kde4-fixes.diff: add patch to "prevent KDE/Qt from
    interfering with the session manager" from libreoffice-4-2. Remove obsolete
    rest which was never applied anyway
  * debian/patches/fix-kfileficker-crashes.diff: as name says, backported from
    libreoffice-4-2, really - or again? - closes: #743221)
[...]

I believe you want a stable open/save dialogue and not one which crashes all the
time (and maybe you loose your data then)..

> It would be really great if you could activate the native KDE file picker
> again.

Yes, the fixes above are in Qts bugzilla and the Debian Qt Maintainers know[1]. Until
then nothing I can do.

When I know the Qt version this is fixed in I'll make -kde depend on that...
And if Qt is fixed, the KDE file picker is magically enabled again as the actual check
is runtime, not build time.

Regards,

Rene

[1] told them on IRC, for reference:

09:50 -!- Irssi: Starting query in OFTC with lisandro
09:50 <_rene_> also replied to your mail but
09:50 <_rene_> * WARNING : native KDE4 file pickers will be disabled at runtime, Qt4 fixes
09:50 <_rene_> +needed
09:50 <_rene_> * WARNING :   https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-37380 (needed)
09:50 <_rene_> * WARNING :   https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-34614 (needed)
09:50 <_rene_> * WARNING :   https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-38585 (recommended)
09:51 <_rene_> jmux said to me he wanted to file them in the Debian BTS, but apparently that didn't happen :/
--- Log closed Wed Jun 18 09:56:21 2014
--- Log opened Wed Jun 18 13:05:47 2014
13:05 <lisandro> excellent, I'll take a look at them
13:08 <lisandro> do you happen to know the people who reported the bugs?
13:08 <lisandro> those patches can't be ACKed if not sent to codereview.qt-project.org
13:12 <_rene_> yes, jmux from LiMux (the Munich Linux migration people)
13:13 <_rene_> sfaics he's only on freenode/#libreoffice-dev now but a /quey in freenode should work ;)
[...]
13:15 <lisandro> I'll try to pick it up from there. Thanks Rene!
13:20 <_rene_> np
13:20 <_rene_> please telll me the upload so I can do some shlibs.local magic in LO ;)
13:20 <lisandro> sure :)