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

[Frédéric Parrenin <frederic parrenin univ-grenoble-alpes fr>]

I Federico,
I am using 3.32.
You are right about GOA, but then there is still the duplication of offline emails.
Good to hear about contacts in 3.34.
Best.Le 7 juil. 2019 01:28, Federico Bruni <fede inventati org> a écrit :
> 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