Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Oct 24 2006, David Kågedal wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > [...] >>> Ideally, I'd like a solution that would permit having the BBDB even >>> when off line. I.e., if I take my laptop somewhere, I'd like to have >>> a local copy that I can use, and synch later on. >> >> I use CVS to synchronize. This means that I might need to to the >> usual conflict resolution if I have modified the same entries on more >> than one machine, but it works well. >> >> I set bbdb-file to point to a file inside a checked-out CVS tree >> containing my bbdb file (and other stuff). > > For this scenario it would be nice to have an option allowing a > multi-line bbdb file format instead of the one-line-per-person format:
I'd claim the opposite. The single-line format is ideal for CVS-style merging, since a multi-line format is very easy to mess up and break when sorting out the merges. Assuming that field-level changes are not too common, of course. -- David Kågedal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
