Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Refactoring the addressbook code

[Julien PUYDT <jpuydt free fr>]

Damien Sandras a écrit :
> I do not think it is our job to provide a DBUS interface to the
> evolution address book actually.

Quite true.

> The same principle is used by Ekiga for the address book than for the
> rest of the code. 
>
> The problem is that GTK+ is not thread-safe, so to avoid crossed mutex
> deadlocks, we had to separate the update of the UI from the update of
> the backend.
>
> We can use another principle for the address book, I don't mind, but we
> have more important features to add to the address book than this. If
> you spend 3 months on the address book, just to change to way the
> current code works, and that there are no user visible changes, then it
> is not a good idea.

Ok, then let me read how SIP IM works and I'll see what we can do.

Snark