Bug 59017 - Writer does not follow HTML META redirects
Summary: Writer does not follow HTML META redirects
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.6.1.2 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2013-01-04 10:24 UTC by Joachim Zobel
Modified: 2013-11-08 13:16 UTC (History)
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HTML Meta redirect test (247 bytes, text/html)
2013-01-04 10:24 UTC, Joachim Zobel 		Details
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Description Joachim Zobel 2013-01-04 10:24:26 UTC 
Created attachment 72502 [details]
HTML Meta redirect test

Hi.

It seems that LibreOffice Writer has stopped following META redirects. At least Version 3.6.1.2 does not do it, while lower versions on Debian Linux (higest is 3.5.4.2) do follow redirects.

Unfortunately this is an important feature because it is needed for the _only_ way, to create a webdav editable link.

See http://www.heute-morgen.de/site/03_Web_Tech/60_CMS_with_WebDAV_and_Openoffice.shtml for details.

If this has been removed on purpose this is a request for a configuration option to restore the old behaviour, maybe on a per site basis.

The behaviour can be reproduced by opening the attached file with LibreOffice Writer.

Sincerely,
Joachim
Comment 1 Joachim Zobel 2013-01-07 23:16:20 UTC 
Hi.

This is more complicated. I found that if I open the test document read only (on windows), the redirect does work. So this is not something that has stopped working, it is a windows vs. linux thing.

Sincerely,
Joachim
Comment 2 Joachim Zobel 2013-01-09 16:34:40 UTC 
Further testing showed that LibreOffice Writer does follow meta redirects only on read only documents. This is the same on windows and linux. The difference is that Firefox opens LibreOffice on a read only temporary file while Internet Explorer 8 uses a writeable temporary file.

Not sure if this is a bug.
Comment 3 Michael Stahl (allotropia) 2013-11-08 13:13:57 UTC 
what do you suppose should happen if the user has started typing in the document, and then a timeout based redirect or refresh happens?
throw away the user's changes?  annoy user with pop-up dialog?

imho supporting refresh/redirect only on read-only document makes sense.