Re: [Evolution-hackers] Old thoughts on the "self" contact

[Chris Toshok <toshok ximian com>]

On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 12:26, JP Rosevear wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 11:40, Tim Lee wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 18:59, Chris Toshok wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 13:54, Tim Lee wrote:
> > > > Hi Chris,
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >       * Operations possible on the "me" vcard:
> > > > >               * The "me" vcard can't be deleted.
> > > > Where would the "me" card be stored? In 1.5 you can currently delete any
> > > > addressbook including the default (Personal).
> > > 
> > > The "me" card would be in the local address book.  I consider it a bug
> > > that you can remove, honestly.  I mean there are some forms of deletion
> > > (rm -r ~/.evolution) we can't provide a defense against, but e-d-s can
> > > refuse to remove the local/system contact folder.
> > > 
> > > > >
> > Hi JP,
> > 
> > Any decision yet on whether people should be allowed to delete the
> > default local Personal calendar/tasks/contacts folders? It seems like
> > not having a default folder is just going to cause problems. Since they
> > can rename it anyway I'm thinking we should not let them delete it.
> 
> Well with Toshok's new API bits, the system calendar will always exist
> even if its not shown to the user.  I'm not sure what to think about
> enforcing non-deletion, seems reasonable I guess, however with clients
> other than evolution it can be erased anyhow as it stands right now.

Right, the non-deletion code would be in e-d-s itself, not in evolution.

You can still rm the file/directory, but e-d-s shouldn't allow the
deletion of the calendar/addressbook.  I mean, why would you ever want
to?

Chris