Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] cdb

[Heiko Schwarzenberg]

At 11:34 06.02.2002 +0100, you wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 12:17:33AM -0800, Patrick J. Walsh wrote:
> >       Well of course you should make this available.  I will gladly look
> >       at it very closely when you do.
>
> We will, I'm just not sure how usable it is right now. Heiko?

comparing to the existing addressbook, its not usable yet at all. there's 
still a lot to do.
until now you can already add both kind of contacts (organizations and 
persons) but stuff like edit or display the
entries is not working really... but.. i do my best :-)


> Also, how do we make it available? Sending a patch?

what about cvs?


> >       Yes, infolog allows you to log phone calls and such.  What I
> > ...
> >       So infolog has some functionality along these lines, but I would
> >       envision a grander system with the contact database as the core 
> interface.
>
> Me too. But I'd like to use existing components as much as possible. This
> has several advantages:
> - faster development
> - better tested
> - can work with the parts that are there already without risking a large
> data migration
>
> I think we should try to integrate the modules addressbook (no matter which
> one it is in the end), infolog, projects and cdb as much as possible so we
> get a well rounded system.

a problem is the fact that apps like email and projects use the 
contact-class of the api the get an address out of the addressbook.
this contact-class had to be adjusted ...


Heiko