If the user tries to open a 'Recent file' that no longer exists, LO does not offer to delete it.

[Chris Wilson]

If the user creates a file with LibreOffice and then moves/deletes it, the next time they try to open it from the 'Recent files' list they will receive a warning that it no longer exists, but no offer to remove it from the list.

This should change so that they get that offer, since it will mean the list becomes populated with broken links that they can't do anything about.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 5 19:19:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-06-26 (40 days ago)

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

Originally reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1033259

If the user creates a file with LibreOffice and then moves/deletes it, the next time they try to open it from the 'Recent files' list they will receive a warning that it no longer exists, but no offer to remove it from the list.

This should change so that they get that offer, since it will mean the list becomes populated with broken links that they can't do anything about.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 5 19:19:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-06-26 (40 days ago)

[Notgary (notgary)]

Originally reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1033259

If the user creates a file with LibreOffice and then moves/deletes it, the next time they try to open it from the 'Recent files' list they will receive a warning that it no longer exists, but no offer to remove it from the list.

This should change so that they get that offer, since it will mean the list becomes populated with broken links that they can't do anything about.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 5 19:19:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-06-26 (40 days ago)

[Caolanm (caolanm)]

The list is of a fixed size so once you open enough documents that do exist the old ones will eventually fall off the bottom, so does it really matter ? And if the file is on a share temporarily unavailable then it's still on the list after an unsuccessful open attempt to reuse on reconnection to the share.

FWIW trying e.g. gedit and its recently used files, then it opens a new blank one if it doesn't exist, while gimp does the same as LibreOffice and leaves the unfound file in the recently used list.

[Caolanm (caolanm)]

Yeah, I think we can live with it as it is.

[Qubit (qubit)]

Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (ProposedEasyHack -> needsDevEval)
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[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Still an issue - confirmed with:
LibreOffice 6.0.7.3 in Ubuntu 18.04
LibreOffice 6.2.5.2 in Ubuntu 19.04.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

Hi Paul, thanks for verifying this. Because this is an upstream issue rather than anything Ubuntu-specific, there's not much we can do now but to ask again if they'll reconsider fixing this.

If you feel strongly that this should be resolved, please leave a comment here: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53145

Until upstream changes their mind, I am going to match their status here as "Won't Fix".

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Reporter no longer uses Launchpad and with no one else saying they are affected by this issue I'll close the Papercuts task too.