Re: Why V3

2012-08-12 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sun Aug 12 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: OK what you are saying is v2 allows single notes string field, but a list of cons pairs is still valid in v2, right? Correct (to the best of my knowledge of v2) So a v3 unmigrate features that leaves the notes field as it is in v3 (list of cons pairs)

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-11 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Aug 11 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: Further, throwing them away could just be stashing the fields into the notes list. Certainly. But if you then decide to give v3 a second try, you will not get back what you had before. Just for the record, can you tell us about all the changes in the

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Sriram Karra
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org wrote: I would like to capture this question and a summary of your answers as a FAQ on the updated project site on sourceforge. Thanks a lot, that will be helpful I have updated site (http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/) with a

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Roland Winkler
On Fri Aug 10 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: I have updated site (http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/) with a note pointing to Savannah.  That done,  I now feel it is best to just leave that site alone. Any FAQ etc. should reside on the Savannah site. Thoughts? Thanks a lot for doing this. Two things: -

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Sriram Karra
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org wrote: Thanks a lot for doing this. Two things: - My first name is Roland Ah, indeed :) - I suggest to replace the 2nd paragraph by something like the following I have rewritten along lines you have suggested and

Re: Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-08-10 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Aug 11 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: I have rewritten along lines you have suggested and pushed it. Please take a look. Looks fine to me, thanks, Backwards compatibility for me would mean a few distinct things: 1. Will my old customizations work with the new code #1 might never get

Re: Why V3

2012-07-08 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Jul 7 2012 Johnny wrote: By now, unless someone on this list brings up problems with BBDB v3 that remained unnoticed so far, I do not have plans to further modify the code of BBDB (except for fixing docstrings that could still be buggy / incomplete). In particular, I do not want to

Re: Why V3

2012-07-07 Thread Johnny
Hi Roland, Sorry to drag this up again, but... Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org writes: By now, unless someone on this list brings up problems with BBDB v3 that remained unnoticed so far, I do not have plans to further modify the code of BBDB (except for fixing docstrings that could still be

Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-07-01 Thread Roland Winkler
On Thu Jun 21 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: Perhaps now is a good time for me to ask this question that's been on my mind for a while: Apart from an extensive code cleanup, are there any other things to look forward to with your upcoming release? This is particularly important given the level of

Re: Why V3

2012-07-01 Thread John Wiegley
Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org writes: By now, unless someone on this list brings up problems with BBDB v3 that remained unnoticed so far, I do not have plans to further modify the code of BBDB (except for fixing docstrings that could still be buggy / incomplete). In particular, I do not

Why V3 (Was: Re: Fwd: BBDB development shifted from sourceforge to savannah)

2012-06-20 Thread Sriram Karra
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org wrote: PS: I hope that in a few days I can submit my recent work on BBDB. I just need to summarize things in the ChangeLog. Great! Perhaps now is a good time for me to ask this question that's been on my mind for a while: Apart