[Bug 299704] New: Importing of contacts into an address book results in the replacement of custom field names with alphanumeric strings

[K. A. Sayeed]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=299704

            Bug ID: 299704
          Severity: normal
           Version: unspecified
          Priority: NOR
                CC: tokoe at kde.org
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: Importing of contacts into an address book results in
                    the replacement of custom field names with
                    alphanumeric strings
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: sayeed.ka at gmail.com
          Hardware: Other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: kaddressbook

1. Contacts were imported into the current address book (in the latest version
of KDE Kontact) from another address book using the ".vcf" format.
2. On examination of the imported contacts, it was found that the alphabetic
custom field names were replaced by alphanumeric strings. For example, the
field name "CREATION TIME:" was replaced by
"2c80efe1-5e2f-4702-a1a9-17b9fc980395".

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Import the contacts from an existing address book  using the "Import Vcard"
menu item into an address book in the current address book.
2. Select a contact entry and open it in edit mode.
3. Examine the custom field names in the contact entry. 
3.
Actual Results:  
The alphabetic custom field names were replaced by alphanumeric strings.

Expected Results:  
The alphabetic custom field names should remain the same.

1. The computer system was using Kubuntu 12.04.
2. The KDE Kontact was installed by the Kubuntu 12.04 installer.
3. The addresses were imported from KDE Kontact running on Ubuntu 11.10.

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