Re: Request to be maintainer of Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer package

Christian Weiske <cweiske <at> cweiske.de> writes: > > Hello Progi, > > > Thank you for your discouragement which is really realistic. But like > > I need it for my job, I improve it and want it to give it open source. > > And I keep an eye on this package OpenDocument but I don't want > > contribute while the version 0.3.0 isn't implemented. > > > > I have contributed to Wikini, for improving the XHTML-valid support. > > But my main code isn't public because it owns to my company. I use > > principally these packages : HTML_QuickForm, > > HTML_QuickForm_advmultiselect, HTML_Template_PHPLIB, HTTP_Session2, > > MDB2, MDB2_Driver_pgsql, Mail, Net_SMTP, Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer. I > > have personnally a preference over file formats. > > Don't let David discourage you too much - I'd love to see bug fixing in Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer. I'm > willing to step in and help you getting your patches into SVN; mentor you a bit if you'd like. > First action is always to take the bug, find out what's wrong and fix that. Attach the patch (against current > svn) to the bug. Notify me or someone else to review. Then, we'll either note things you should fix or give it > a go. > > A big problem is tests here. You should have a reproducing testcase for the bug, and state in which excel > version it fails. The fixed code should not make excel crash or support the feature. I think a global test > file that makes use of *every* feature and could be viewed and checked would be helpful. You could also try > to port the changes in the perl version back to our implementation. > I appreciate in advance your help. We are in waiting for your login, I think. For example, this bug (http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=2405&edit=1) : I have found the solution (5 years after). And i post a solution with modifications. How can i update the SVN ? Are SVN 's updates submitted to some rules ? Thanks for your help LEFEVRE Franck