[kontact] [Bug 329066] New: Kontact does not update LABEL field in vcf address records

[bert at bertenselena.net]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329066

            Bug ID: 329066
           Summary: Kontact does not update LABEL field in vcf address
                    records
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kontact
           Version: 4.11.3
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: contacts
          Assignee: tokoe at kde.org
          Reporter: bert at bertenselena.net
                CC: kdepim-bugs at kde.org

Dear developers,

I am using owncloud+Kontact to manage my addresses. I need to use the addresses
regularly for mailings. I then use glabels to print address stickers (Since
Kbarcode died)

My workflow is to download the selected addresses in one vcf file, import it
into glabels and print the addresses on stickers.

In order to print mailing stickers with the address, glabels (and kbarcode
previously) requires formatted addresses using the Vcard 3.0 LABEL field.
This field contains the formatted address.
e.g.
LABEL;TYPE=home:Fam. Jones\nMystreet no. 42\n1234 AA Mytown

The Bug: Currently Kontact does not update this field automatically when the
address is changed. This causes old addresses to be printed or no address at
all (field stays empty for a new contact.)

In order to implement filling these LABELs properly, two things need to be
taken into account:

First of all, different countries have different specific formattings of
addresses.
The Netherlands for instance has

Street streetno
Zipcode City

Other countries have different formats
Formatting should be done according to the local country (netherlands in my
case) and in case a different country is given for an address according to that
specific country settings.
This requires a list of address formats per country. Evolution already have a
list of international address formats. Maybe this can be reused. On linux,
Locale contains a list of formattings per country and there is an LC_ADDRESS
variable too that can be used. 

I hope this bug can be resolved/feature implemented. Currently I'm stuck
printing address labels using glabels and the Kontact addressbook as input. I'm
using emacs now!! :-(

Kind regards,

Bert Haverkamp

Reproducible: Always

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