[Kde-pim] kdepim-runtime/resources/kdeaccounts vs. kdesdk/kdeaccounts-plugin

[Mark]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
<kossebau at kde.org>wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Am Sonntag, 20. Mai 2012, 23:54:33 schrieb Mark:
> > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Kevin Krammer <krammer at kde.org> wrote:
> > > On Sunday, 2012-05-20, Mark wrote:
> > > > >  A few questions about KDEAccounts...
> > > >
> > > > 1. Where is the code hidden?
> > >
> > > The code for what?
> > >
> > > Well, i got the impression that all of KABC was being replaces by
> >
> > "KDEAccounts" and was wondering where the code for that - KDEAccounts -
> was
> > hidden. But it seems like i'm missing some details on what KDEAccounts
> is.
> >
> > So, could someone please take a moment and write down the following:
> > - What is KDEAccounts?
>
> The name "kdeaccounts" references the single file which lists all accounts
> on
> the KDE repos, with account id, name and email address. That file named
> "accounts" is located in the toplevel dir of the module "kde-common" on
> KDE's
> SVN server. Finding that one is left as exercise to the reader :)
>
> So that plugin simply adds an addressbook resource based on that file, only
> useful for KDE contributors which want to quickly reach their fellow
> contributors with an account for the KDE repos.
> The one in KDESDK used the old KABC system, while the new one in kdepim-
> runtime uses the current Akonadi-based system.
>
> So this is not about accounts in general.
>
> > - What is it's relation to KABC?
> > - If one writes a KDEPIM based application, what should be used for
> > accounts?
>
> Everything Akonadi.
>
> > Perhaps on http://techbase.kde.org/?
> >
> > I would live to know more about this stuff but the names of the 2 make me
> > confused about which one is is doing what.
>
> :) Hopefully less confused now.
>
> Cheers
> Friedrich
>

hehehe oke, that made me laugh :)
It's really just the "kde developer accounts".

Jep, that clears it up.
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