Re: syncing contacts from evolution?

[Mats Taraldsvik <mats taraldsvik bickeringleague net>]

Hi,

On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 23:40 +0200, John Stowers wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Mats Taraldsvik
> <mats taraldsvik bickeringleague net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> 
*snip*
> > ##
> >
> > When this is done, I'd like to try coding. In particular, I'll need
> > contact and calendar sync from evolution if I decide to buy the N900.
> >
> > Am I right to assume that I should do this through evolution's new(?)
> > dbus interface (if these features does not already exist)?
> 
> No, it should still use evolution-data-server, and the python
> evolution bindings in gnome-python-extras. libecal and friends are
> still the recommended way to access evolution data. This should not
> need any changes to Conduit, only testing and bug fixing.
> 
> >
> > One should be able to sync contacts between evolution and the im clients
> > also. Evolution's auto sync against Pidgin is very annoying, as it does
> > not attempt to merge contacts - perhaps a contact sync through conduit
> > could be used for this as well?
> 
> I do not use pidgin, but you are welcome to write a dataprovider for this.
> 
> > If this is impossible or very hard to do, I'd be happy to start
> > contributing in other areas if someone could point me towards them.
> 
> The main thing at the moment is controlling the number of bugs, in
> particular file sync. This requires writing tests, and then confirming
> the bug, then fixing it. I know Jc2k was working on a new test
> infrastructure, but I do not know if he finished it.
> 

I could help out with bugs/writing tests, although I'd need help to get
started. ( That is, if/when the test infrastructure is finished ).

> I have been busy with my PhD lately, and have not had much free time.
> I would also like someone to volunteer as release manager, as any time
> I have I would like to spend hacking, and not management overhead.
> 
> As an aside, I would like someone to look at all the scripts people
> use to generate ChangeLog from git commit messages, and hack one into
> the build system.
> 
> Regards
> 
> John
> 

Mats

> >
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> >
> > Mats
> >
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