Bug 176436 Charts Imported from Libraries do not update when libraries change
During a live presentation of BIRT at EclipseCon, we came across a rather embarassing issue. When charts are included in a library, and imported into a report design from a library, any changes to the library instance of the chart do not reflect in the report itself.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/extension/PeerExtensibilityProvider.java
if ( reportItem != null )
			{
				try
				{
					if ( value != null )
					{
						byte[] raw = null;
						try
						{
							raw = value.toString( )
									.getBytes( UnicodeUtil.SIGNATURE_UTF_8 );
						}
						catch ( UnsupportedEncodingException e )
						{
							assert false;
						}
						reportItem.deserialize( prop.getName( ),
								new ByteArrayInputStream( raw ) );
					}
					else
						reportItem.deserialize( prop.getName( ),
								new ByteArrayInputStream( new byte[0] ) );
				}
				catch ( ExtendedElementException e )
				{
					assert false;
				}
			}
			else
			{