Merging contacts overwrites conflicting data

Bug #688118 reported by Danielle Foré
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Dexter - Old
Fix Released
Medium
Allen Lowe

Bug Description

When you merge contacts, Dexter will overwrite conflicting data without asking which is the correct string. This is probably not good.

I propose a simple dialog showing conflicting data side-by-side and allowing the user to choose which is the correct piece of information.

Related branches

Adnane Belmadiaf (daker)
Changed in dexter-rolodex:
status: New → Confirmed
Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
Changed in dexter-rolodex:
assignee: nobody → Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

holy crimeny that was complicated.

Changed in dexter-rolodex:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

and, as such, this needs PLENTY of testing

Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
Changed in dexter-rolodex:
milestone: none → 0.15
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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