OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 takes very much time to load ODS spreadsheet files

[CKX]

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OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 in Ubuntu/hardy takes very much more time to load OSD spreadsheet files than OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 in Ubuntu/gutsy did.

I work with simple tables. Not much data, basic formatting, no macros. Files that used to load almost instantly with Ubuntu/gutsy now need 5-6 seconds to load with Ubuntu/hardy.

The application startup time for OpenOffice.org itself is fine on both versions. It is only the time for loading the files that differs dramatically.

One thing that might be interesting:

As a test, I uninstalled the Ubuntu/hardy-provided version of OpenOffice.org and installed the current 2.4.0 from OpenOffice.org directly using their DEBs. The problem was gone - the files opened instantly again. Back to the Ubuntu/hardy-provided version, loading time went high again.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Can you please attach an example file that takes a long time to load under hardy but not under gutsy?

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

[CKX (chester-kollschen)]

I experienced the long loading time with any average calc file that contains several tables with just a few rows each.

But there's new information:

With the upcoming minor update to version 2.4.1~rc2-1ubuntu1 (currently in hardy-proposed) the problem seems to have gone. My document files open instantly again. So this bug may get obsolete when that minor update gets into the hardy repository.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Thanks for the update and information that the hardy-proposed update fixes your problem. :)

Chris

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

OOo 2.4.1 copied to intrepid.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Copied to hardy-updates.