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Subject:    [Kde-pim] KAddressBook Import, Export and DnD
From:       Mike Pilone <mpilone () slac ! com>
Date:       2002-05-09 21:31:05
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Folks,

It looks like importing and exporting with reguards to KAddressBook is in 
pretty bad shape. The bug tracker currently only has 18 bugs in it, however 
12 of them are related to import and export.

The bugs are:
CSV: 41615, 41564, 38217, 33738, 33720
Kab2: 42207, 41969, 41397, 40406
General: 37559, 37558, 31832

One of the major problems is with the csv importing. I attempted to follow 
up on bug 41615 (a crash), but I found trying to work with more than a few 
lines in a csv file to be unreasonable. Trying to load a 1000 line file 
takes a _really_ long time (~15 minutes). Then each time I change an option 
it reloads! We definately need to put some effort into getting importing 
and exporting up to speed before 3.1 or we will be flooded with bug 
reports. Maybe a wizard to replace the complex csv dialog.

Also, there are a few wishlist items reguarding vcard import and export. Is 
there any work happening on the vcard parser/generator? We said that using 
vCard as the native DnD format would be great, but we need the parser and 
generator. Also, is there any chance that KMail would be able to implement 
DnD using vcards before 3.1? If not, kaddressbook definately shouldn't 
switch and we should choose a common implementation (email addresses?).

All and all I think we are doing great. We are down to only 11 outstanding 
wishes in bugtracker and most of them are either printing, ldap, or new 
import/export filters.

Thanks,
-mike

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