Description of problem: Apparently, in this moment there is no standard, consistent way to exchange personal data information between the various components of a Linux suite & other programs and devices, such as: - Mozilla Thunderbird - Evolution - KAddressbook - Gnome Contacts - mutt, pine, elm - gnome-phone-manager & gnokii - mobile phones - various Windows applications IMHO, Thunderbird's Addressbook should implement a standard way of *directly* opening and saving vCard 3.0 files (RFC 2425 and RFC 2426), beside .ldif files. All PIMs and e-mail clients should use a central "repository" of Personal Information Data. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): thunderbird-1.5.0.9-2.fc6 mutt-1.4.2.2-5.fc6 gnome-phone-manager-0.8-3.fc6 evolution-2.8.2.1-2.fc6 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: There is no standard way/format of directly exchanging personal data information between various PIMs (independent of SO), e-mail clients, mobile phones, LDAP servers, etc. There is no standard, FHS-compliant place, for a single Personal Information Data repository on the system (each PIM keeps its database in one arbitrary place). Expected results: The above should exist. Additional info:
As this is an RFE, changing severity. Honestly, this looks to be something best tackled upstream.
Hello, I've submitted this RFE both to Thunderbird: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=508632&highlight= and to FHS (for a standardised place for addresbooks): http://bugs.freestandards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104 Regards, Răzvan
This is really upstream bug and it has been already reported couple of times -- look for example on the bugs https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221991 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20304 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79709 Closing as CLOSED/UPSTREAM.