On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Patrick Ohly <Patrick.Ohly@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 13:20 -0600, Mark wrote: > [EDS integration for GPE] >> From what I'm learning about the Evolution Data Server, it *could* be >> a good thing, but only if you don't forget to add significant import & >> export (and possibly external sync) functionality. > > SyncEvolution already does that for EDS. It supports incremental syncs > (just send modified items), so you can edit one contact on the tablet, > another contact on the desktop, sync, and not loose one of these > modifications. Your manual import/export is way more cumbersome than > that. If it suits you, by all means, continue using it, but I expect > more from my devices. > No, it doesn't. A sync is a sync is a sync, no matter what you call it, and always is limited by the inherent limitations of sync. Here's an example scenario: what happens if you want to sync something from EDS with an app in Windows on the same dual-boot machine? Not gonna happen! With import/export, though, all you have to do is export to a partition that is writable by both OSs, then boot into Windows and do the import. (Or put it on a USB drive, or email it to yourself, or.........) >> The fundamental issue is that it's still up to the app developers to >> deal with import, export & sync. The EDS doesn't do any of that. > > Instead of implementing import/export or even sync for each app, it > makes a lot more sense to implement it once for a common back end. > True, but you've got a chicken-and-egg problem there. EDS doesn't have a front-end that's capable of import/export. Sync, yes; import/export, no. It's also a command line-only product at this point (and configured by separate files - ugh!), which is a major drawback for most consumers. If they implement a GUI for SyncEvolution as well as true import/export, then great! The problem is that your vision is very narrow: you're thinking only in terms of Linux, and specifically the Nokia tablets and Evolution. Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
