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

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le dimanche 26 mars 2006 à 17:28 +0200, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo a
écrit :
> El dom, 26-03-2006 a las 16:36 +0200, Julien PUYDT escribió:
> > Damien Sandras a écrit :
> > > The address book has to stay. It is a way to store local contacts, and
> > > to find new "remote" contacts using LDAP or any other mean. 
> > 
> > Yes, that is what was settled.
> > 
> > > Each contact belongs to groups. Each contact can even belong to several
> > > groups using Evolution.
> > 
> > Indeed.
> > 
> > > We would need to add a specific group. I do not have a good naming, but
> > > let's call that group "ERoster" for now (Ekiga Roster).
> > > 
> > > When the user adds a contact to the address book, that contact is
> > > identified by an URL. That URL can be H323, SIP, XMPP or anything else.
> > > He can add the specific contact to the ERoster group. (We need to find
> > > an intuitive way of doing this. A simple check box "Part of the roster"
> > > might be enough).
> > 
> > I don't agree here : you're basically making the roster flat (ie : no 
> > groups in the roster)! I'd rather see the roster become a real 
> > addressbook, with groups being what ekiga now names "categories".
> 
>   I think what Damien is trying to propose is something similar to what
> Gmail makes for using XMPP within the web interface. Somehow they have
> the same problem: two contact types in addressbook. What they make is
> sowhing presence in addressbook and at the same time, those users in
> XMPP roster are also showed in a "Quick Contacts" space in main window.
> You can make some contacts appear there always or never, having or not
> having presence. If they have, their status will be upgraded, if not,
> they will be shown as offline/unknown.
> 
>   We can get groups easily, by groupping contacts in roster following
> groups defined in addressbook.
> 

That's what I meant, indeed!

>   Cheers,
> 
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