Re: [Evolution] Combining Contact Lists

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Wed, 2022-08-10 at 09:21 +0200, Jaroslaw Rafa wrote:
> Dnia 10.08.2022 o godz. 09:15:39 Andre Klapper via evolution-list
> pisze:
> > I hope not. CSV is one of the most broken and error-prone formats out
> > there (no proper character encoding info, etc) if you don't know ASCII-
> > named people only. If at all I'd go for JSON or such. CSV must die.
>
> Isn't pretty much everything UTF-8 nowadays?

Isn't everything that's not "pretty much everything" kind of failing
then, especially if not every software was written "nowadays"? :)

(Furthermore, CSV is a flow of random interpretable bytes with some
commas inbetween, with no other structure at all. Stuff like VCard/VCF
for contacts would be way more suitable.)

andre
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