On Sunday 07 October 2007, Olivier Goffart said: > Le samedi 6 octobre 2007, Matt Rogers a écrit : > > On Friday 05 October 2007 05:15:22 pm Olivier Goffart wrote: > > > Le mardi 2 octobre 2007, Charles Connell a écrit : > > > > I think address is bad. I'm sure I think this because of the way I think > > of addresses. I'm open to it though. :) > > Do you have another suggestion. > We need a short name for the class. > Another idea is to call the class ProtocolContact or AbstractContact
You know 'abstract' is reserved for indicating an abstract data type, don't you? ImAddress? > so s/\bContact/AbstractContact/g > > And call the subcontact as "addresses" or "protocol identifier" > > > NO! *pounds fists hard on desk* Kopete is NOT just a sort of GUI for the > > addressbook. That is so completely and totally bogus. Kopete is an > > INSTANT MESSENGER that allows its users to store details about their > > messenger contacts in their address book. Is this comedy outrage or for real? > What is an addressbook? > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/address_book > It is a list of contact associated with their contact information (such as > instant messaging address) > > What is the kopete contactlist? This is an interface to an addressbook. > > What is the point of having two storage point for contact lists in kde > (kabc, and kopete) > > The Kopete ContactList window should be a particular interface to the > addressbook, showing especially intant messaging information. > > > The use of Kopete does not require an addressbook, nor should it. > > I think it should. > This has been discussed for very long time, and the idea was that we should > repace the contactlist.xml almost entirely with the addressbook. (Akonady) I'm with Gof on this (surprise surprise). And if Gof, the leading proponent of "Kopete as classic standalone IM client" in recent times, now says this, I'm interested to know why you feel we should stop with an 'INSTANT MESSENGER'. Will _______________________________________________ kopete-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel
