Hi all! Thanks Tristan for bringing an issue up again which is critical for PIM software, especially when dealing with groupware servers. Am Donnerstag 06 Dezember 2012, um 15:27:49 schrieb Tristan Van Berkom: > Hello all, > I'd like to raise this issue on the list for feedback regarding this > bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686684 > > First let's start with the basic problem statement: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > It can happen that two clients modify the same contact simultaneously, > or... that one client loads a number of contacts into memory and then > commits that contact to the addressbook without refreshing the contact > first, this will result in lost data for the given contact. > [...] Very short note: * This issue is not limited to contacts, but can as well hit calendar (event, task, todo) entries. * This issue is also not limited to the EClient<->E-D-S case, but can occur in the E-D-S<->GroupwareServer case as well in very much the same way (even without E-D-S offline capability - the "one has it open for editing while the other opens, edits, and stores"-case applies also in online mode if we deal with shared PIM folders). To me, this calls for a general approach of how to deal with PIM synchronization conflicts. Kind regards, Christian -- kernel concepts GmbH Tel: +49-271-771091-14 Sieghuetter Hauptweg 48 D-57072 Siegen http://www.kernelconcepts.de/
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