Re: [Evolution-hackers] PIM application suite

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 23:03 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 22:51 -0400, Local wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 19:49 +0200, Damien Sandras wrote: 
> > > > > 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
> > 
> > I was actually thinking about sending a mail to the list about this
> > particular topic so I'll throw in my .02
> > 
> > I've been poking at planner e-d-s integration today and yesterday and it
> > occurred to me that alot of applications (ideally) are going to need
> > basic gui access to e-d-s.  It seems to make sense to use consistent
> > dialogs across applications for things like:
> > 
> > Choosing one or more calendars from the list available.
> > Searching the address book, and displaying results.
> > Selecting contacts from the list.
> > modifying all data types
> > etc.
> > 
> > most of these exist in evolution, it makes more sense to have a set of
> > useful e-d-s interface dialogs in a separate lib maybe?
> 
> For certain things, yes we likely need to push them down into e-d-s,
> probably in a libedataserverui or something.  For instance
> ESourceSelector should probably end up there.
> 
and probably, at least for calendar and tasks, all the view widgets. I
guess those are really useful for a lot of applications.

cheers