[Bug 222678] Missing fields in new Kaddressbook for KDE SC 4.4

[Oceanwatcher]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222678





--- Comment #10 from Oceanwatcher <sub wisnaes com>  2010-03-04 18:24:32 ---
Tobias,

Smacking people around would not be a good thing to do.

BUT - was it really necessary to include it in the release before it was
finished? Isn't there a place for programs that are not finished in the KDE
system? I thought that was what SVN was for.

I thought people that wanted bleeding edge stuff could download an SVN snapshot
and play with it. None of those people would ever complain about anything
missing - the risk is implied.

But when something ends up in a release version, and especially one that is
marked 4.4 (waaay beyond what you call a first release - 4.4 of a software
should be rock solid...), I can understand that people get frustrated.

I had a lot of info in the notes field. I used the Akonadi console to try to
find it. But it is not there. So I had to go back to the vcard files to find
it.

There was no red warnings during installation that warned "Do not proceed if
you need data from the following fields in your addressbook:....". There was no
alternatives offered.

When it comes to e-mail and addressbooks, it is critical data. Yes, everyone
should back up their data. But what does it help when you can not view your
data? As the program has changed, the data is unavailable (to most people).

We can not tell people "Your data will be available in a few months". If you
are pissed off at the comments here, you should see someone that just have been
told that the data they have spent years to gather now is unavailable for some
months!

We all appreciate the time you put into this. If I had any money left, I would
gladly pay you to spend more time on it as I think this is the single, most
important software on my computer! And as such, changes should be made very
carefully.

Could we please have the old addressbook back so that we can continue to work
as we did, and then when you have been able to completely finish the transfer
to Akonadi, bring back the new version?

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