Description of problem: An error message "http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/download/press/2008/02-01Yahoo.ppt is not exit" appear when open this file with openoffice. (Actual, this file is exit) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.10.el5 x86_64 How reproducible: Some ppt files can not be opened Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open terminal. 2. Open this file: ooffice http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/download/press/2008/02-01Yahoo.ppt 3. Actual results: A window with the error message "http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/download/press/2008/02-01Yahoo.ppt is not exit" pop up. Expected results: The file is opened successfully. Additional info: This file is opened successfully with openoffice3.0
dtardon->caolanm: Was that functionality available in 2.3.0?
I see it works with a url/filetype of e.g. http://people.redhat.com/caolanm/file-chooser-spec.sxw I'm not sure if this is e.g. not using/believing/knowing about the mime-type the server gives, or some other issue. reminds me of http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=72068
http://people.redhat.com/caolanm/02-01Yahoo.ppt would work, but not direct from MS. Their web-server doesn't support "OPTIONS" like the old code expects, the new code uses "PROPGET" or whatever it is. Attached is a painful backport that makes this work
Created attachment 322578 [details] patch to fix
So the question is it work the risk to take this non-trivial semi-backport. We would get this for free with a 3.0 rebase and lower risk.
llim->caolanm, if u feel the risk is high, then we should not include the fix for EL5.
Having put the effort into backporting it I'm a little reluctant to throw that away, but it's spaghetti-like in here so I'm wary of what might go wrong. Will be good in a later release anyway.
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