Re: [Geary] Why Geary does not use EDS?

[Federico Bruni <fede inventati org>]

Il giorno ven 5 lug 2019 alle 17:50, Frederic Parrenin 
<frederic parrenin univ-grenoble-alpes fr> ha scritto:
> Dear Geary developpers,
>
> I really appreciate the UI work done on Geary, congratulations!
>
> Pardon my simple question, but I would like to know why Geary does 
> not use Evolution Data Server (EDS).
> The idea of EDS was to have a common backend shared by different 
> frontends.
> It works already for agendas (shared with e.g., Gnome Calendar) and 
> contacts (shared by e.g., Gnome Contacts).
> From a user point of view, I like this because I can easily switch 
> the frontend if I am not happy with it, without reconfiguring 
> everything and duplicating the offline information.
> I imagine also that Geary devs could really concentrate on the UI 
> work if they use EDS, and this is where Evolution shows its age.
>
> Geary devs certainly have good reasons to make this choice, but I am 
> just curious what they are.

Which version of Geary are you using?

Geary already supports GNOME Online Accounts, which allows to set some 
email accounts in a single place and then use your favorite email 
client without further configuration.

Desktop contacts integration has been recently added in master branch 
and will be available in next 3.34 release:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/-/milestones/4
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/issues/133