Re: [Evolution-hackers] UID in vCard

2011-11-16 Thread Chenthill
On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 10:00 +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: Hello! I'd like to write down some thoughts on vCard UID handling in EDS. Andrew mentioned it on IRC, so I'm copying him. Let me define the terms to make the difference clear: * UID: part of the contact properties. Ideally set

Re: [Evolution-hackers] UID in vCard

2011-11-16 Thread Patrick Ohly
Hello! Before I reply to Christian, let me elaborate a bit more on why overwriting the UID is bad for syncing. I thought it was obvious, but probably not ;-} What I have in mind is a system where contact data moves freely and ad-hoc between peers, without being forced to go through a central

Re: [Evolution-hackers] UID in vCard

2011-11-16 Thread Rodrigo Moya
On miƩ, 2011-11-16 at 15:55 +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: CouchDB comes close, but is a closed system. You also cannot create two independent CouchDB instances and then merge them (at least that is my understanding - I might be wrong on that particular aspect). not sure what you mean, but if