On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 22:58 +0200, Damien Sandras wrote: > > > > the benefit of having an official gnome > > > > addressbook app would be a great benefit anyways. the > > > > way mac os x utilizes the addressbook for aim names in > > > > ichat is simply wonderful. > > > > > > evolution 1.5 already does that > > > > Except nothing *really* uses it. There is a gaim plug-in that can > > optionally depend > > on the evolution stuff. I think there is a patch for gossip as well, and > > there are > > a few other things starting to use evolution-data-server for contacts > > and calendar > > information, like GnomeMeeting. > > > > > Yes, and I agree that having one separate application to manage the > contacts in all apps would be better. > > I'm currently forced to have an internal address book in GnomeMeeting, > because I don't want to tell people that they have to install the whole > Evolution "suite" to be able to manage their GnomeMeeting contacts. > > Conclusion, there is effort duplication : Evolution and GnomeMeeting > will both have their own address book (sharing the same backend which is > better) when there could be only one specialized program to do it.
This was the purpose of e-d-s, don't confuse the UI of the app with the data storage mechanism. The gnome meeting guys are already looking at using the e-d-s data storage mechanism. Whether the gui part is in Evolution or a separate app makes little difference. -JP -- JP Rosevear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Novell, Inc. _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
