[Kde-pim] KDEPIM Needs More TIme

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 15 May 2010 20:32:33 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > Sure, but incoming data between the day of migration and the day on
> > which you decide that testing is too problematic, is going to be
> > lost, it seems.
> 
> No. Only meta data will be lost. See my reply to Lindsay's message. 
> Sorry, for painting too black a picture.
> 
> > > But users do anyway
> > > backup their data regularly, right? ;-)
> >
> > 
> >
> > I can't answer for others.  I do, but this conversation is making me
> > decidedly uneasy.  Before this point I had an addressbook that could
> > be read by many applications under many operating systems.  Now I'm
> > backing up my akonadi addressbook - and it apparently is no use
> > outside this context.  That's worrying.  Should we be advising
> > people to export to vcard regularly, as an additional form of
> > backup?
> 
> Hmm. I don't follow you. One important point about Akonadi is that the 
> actual data storage won't change, i.e. you still can have an addressbook 
> that can be read by many applications under many operating systems. 
> Simply use a vCard file instead of a vCard folder for the address book. 
> What changes is the storage of the meta data and how (Akonadi-enabled) 
> applications access the data.

OK - very reassuring.  It was obviously a simple misunderstanding from when 
you talked about 'no way back'.  I shall be keeping this conversation as a 
resource for when people start asking questions.  Thanks for your patience.

Anne
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