[kmail2] [Bug 325303] New: saving a distribution list (via "Save List") duplicates contacts

[Jonathan Marten]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325303

            Bug ID: 325303
           Summary: saving a distribution list (via "Save List")
                    duplicates contacts
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kmail2
           Version: Git (master)
          Platform: Compiled Sources
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: composer
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: jjm at keelhaul.me.uk

I'm using a VCard Directory resource to store contacts.  The only way that I
have found to create a contact group (aka distribution list) there is to start
to compose a message in KMail, add the contact email addresses and then use the
"Save List" button (that appears when there are 2 or more of them) to save the
list.

After doing this, the contact group indeed appears in KAddressBook but each
contact that it contains is duplicated.  The duplicate contacts contain only
the name and the email address, regardless of any other data that the original
contact contained.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Start with an address book containing contact name/emails (plus any
additional information) such as:

Foo Bar                  foo.bar at some.where
Name Surname      email2 at another.com

2.  In KMail, open a new composer window (kmail --composer).

3.  Click "Select..." and pick each of those contacts in turn, then "Add as
To".  Close the picker.

4.  Click "Save List...", enter a name for the list and pick the original
address book to add to.

5.  In KAddressBook, observe that two duplicates of "Foo Bar" and "Name
Surname" have appeared in the list.  Each one contains only their name and the
selected email address (if they had more than one).

Actual Results:  
Duplicate contacts added as above.

Two VCF files with UIDs of the form {a04f7731-c090-45af-a05d-7119d3e03cda} will
have appeared in the VCard Directory directory.  An Akonadi item of the form:

  ID        MIME type             Size        Modification Time  
  10103     application/x-vnd.kde.contactgroup  205 B       Wed Sep 25 14:40:25
2013 UTC

with payload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<contactGroup uid="{e1df8759-4f15-49f8-99a7-2751f67f8530}" name="test2-list">
    <contactReference uid="10101"/>
    <contactReference uid="10102"/>
</contactGroup>

will have been added to the database.


Expected Results:  
Creating a group from existing contacts should reference them, not duplicate
anything.


I'm not sure where this bug really lies; it may be in KMail, akonadi or
kaddressbook.  Since it can be duplicated via the KMail composer GUI, I'm
initially reporting it in that category.

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