Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-12 Thread Sriram Karra
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Roland Winkler wrote: > > Also, there is one Notes field in each record which usually holds > the list of note fields, which in turn are cons pairs (KEY . VALUE). > Some pieces of BBDB v2 also allowed the Notes field to be a single > string, instead of the list of

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-11 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Aug 11 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: > Further, "throwing them away" could just be stashing the fields > into the notes list. Certainly. But if you then decide to give v3 a second try, you will not get back what you had before. > Just for the record, can you tell us about all the changes in the

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Sriram Karra
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Roland Winkler wrote: > 2. If I use BBDB v3 and don't like it can I go back to v2 > > #2 can and should get fixed. I find it quite amusing in fact, the > > bbdb-migrate stuff has always had the hooks to downgrade to an > > earlier file format version - until now,

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Aug 11 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: > I have rewritten along lines you have suggested and pushed it. Please take a > look. Looks fine to me, thanks, > Backwards compatibility for me would mean a few distinct things: > > 1. Will my old customizations work with the new code > #1 might never get

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Sriram Karra
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Roland Winkler wrote: > > Thanks a lot for doing this. Two things: > > - My first name is Roland > Ah, indeed :) > - I suggest to replace the 2nd paragraph by something like the > following > I have rewritten along lines you have suggested and pushed it. Pl

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Roland Winkler
On Fri Aug 10 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: > I have updated site (http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/) with a note > pointing to Savannah.  That done,  I now feel it is best to just > leave that site alone. Any FAQ etc. should reside on the Savannah > site. Thoughts? Thanks a lot for doing this. Two things:

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Sriram Karra
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Roland Winkler wrote: > > > I would like to capture this question and a summary of your > > answers as a FAQ on the updated project site on sourceforge. > > Thanks a lot, that will be helpful I have updated site (http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/) with a note pointin

Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-07-01 Thread Roland Winkler
On Thu Jun 21 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: > Perhaps now is a good time for me to ask this question that's been > on my mind for a while: Apart from an extensive code cleanup, are > there any other things to look forward to with your upcoming > release? This is particularly important given the level of

Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-06-20 Thread Sriram Karra
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Roland Winkler wrote: > > PS: I hope that in a few days I can submit my recent work on BBDB. I > just need to summarize things in the ChangeLog. > Great! Perhaps now is a good time for me to ask this question that's been on my mind for a while: Apart from an exte