Bug 40947

Summary: Comparing version changes in Calc shows wrong author
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: demaio <lists>
Component: SpreadsheetAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium CC: sasha.libreoffice
Version: 3.3.4 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Attachments: test file with described problem

Description demaio 2011-09-16 13:57:37 UTC
Problem:

When working with several users on the same spreadsheet one after another (no sharing) and each user saves a version, then when comparing an old version to the openend version, there is only one user listed as author: the user that has the document open in this moment.

Steps to reproduce:

- Create a spreadsheet as UserA (Homer), do some work, save it, then save it as a version (v1Homer), then close it
- Open this spreadsheet as UserB (Bart), do some work, save it as another version (v2Bart)
- Open this spreadsheet again as Homer, go to File -> Versions, select version v1Homer, then press "Compare"

Result here: Every change is listed with author "Homer" but it should show "Bart" because Bart made the changes between the first version (v1Homer) and the now opened document (at version v2Bart).

If I do the same in the Writer application, everything is correct (User Bart is show as author of the changes), so I guess this is a bug related especially to Calc.
Comment 1 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:35:04 UTC
[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

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Comment 2 sasha.libreoffice 2012-02-03 01:47:37 UTC
@ Mario 
Please, attach both described document
Comment 3 demaio 2012-02-08 06:49:55 UTC
Created attachment 56751 [details]
test file with described problem

User Homer made some changes but when comparing, Mario is listed as the change author. Use File -> Versions -> Compare

The change in line 2 (homer) is done by user Homer, not Mario
Comment 4 sasha.libreoffice 2012-02-08 07:24:46 UTC
in 3.3.4 and in 3.5.0 beta on Fedora 64 bit in column "Verison" is my name
Change version to 3.3.4 as most early reproducible

Thanks for attachment
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Comment 6 demaio 2014-11-07 12:33:41 UTC
The bug is still present in:

Version: 4.3.3.2
Build-ID: 4.3.3.2 Arch Linux build-1

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