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

[Tim Lee <tim ximian com>]

On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 19:22, Chris Toshok wrote:
> 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?
I forgot to ask with my last email, it this in e-d-s already or just
planned?
> 
> Chris
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