2014-12-30 14:39 GMT+01:00 Cédric Krier <cedric.kr...@b2ck.com>:

> On 30 Dec 13:58, Jean C wrote:
> > 2014-12-30 13:00 GMT+01:00 Vincent Bastos <vinc...@lavalab.com.au>:
> >
> > > I am not saying that they are correct, but I curious to hear people's
> > > thoughts around this topic.
> >
> >
> > Names are tough :
> >
> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
>
> I even think we should remove the required on the name of Party.
> We have code for this case.
>
> > That said, we had the same requirements from our (french speaking)
> clients.
> > We dealt with it by adding a first_name field, using the name field for
> the
> > last name, and overriding get_rec_name to display both if needed.
>
> The best solution is to convince your customer that their requirements
> are wrong.
>

If you want to integrate Tryton with some official system, for example, you
must to manage the names correctly. It is; know each part of name (in
Spain, for example, first name, first last name and second last name)

A possible generic solution will be to use a list of type of name (maybe
> a Dict field) that could be used to autofill the real name with maybe
> some sort of formatting depending on some context like the language, the
> primary country etc.
>

It sounds good. It could be something similar to Gmail contacts (but not
limited to the 5 fields that there are in Gmail).

-- 
Guillem Barba
http://www.guillem.alcarrer.net

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