Ubuntu
gnome-contacts package

[MIR] gnome-contacts

Bug #833383 reported by Ken VanDine
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gnome-contacts (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Contacts was new to GNOME 3.2. It is a standalone contacts manager which uses EDS (and therefore works with Ubuntu One?). It's useful since we're no longer installing Evolution by default. More importantly, it is *required* for Empathy 3.3.90 and above.

It meets the requirements for main inclusion.

1. Availability - packaged & builds in Ubuntu universe & Debian testing

2. Security - Part of GNOME. There are no known security bugs:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=gnome-contacts

3. QA -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-contacts
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=gnome-contacts
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=product%3Agnome-contacts

4. UI - Translated using intltool

5. Dependencies: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/+branch/ubuntu/gnome-contacts/view/head:/debian/control
All dependencies are already in main

6. Standards compliant 3.9.2

7. Maintenance - We are in sync with Debian (except that we've gone ahead and packaged the 3.4 version)

See original description
Michael Terry (mterry)
Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks)
Michael Terry (mterry)
Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
assignee: Didier Roche (didrocks) → nobody
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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

This probably needs an FFe first. Is this intended to be on the CD?

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for gnome-contacts (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
description: updated
description: updated
Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → New
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → New
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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

This'll need an FFe at this point.

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
summary: - [MIR] gnome-contacts
+ FFe: [MIR] gnome-contacts
Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: FFe: [MIR] gnome-contacts

When I looked at g-contacts closely before Oneiric's release, it did not do anything empathy's contact list could not do, and it was very rough still.

I installed 3.3.90, and I must say I'm shocked how poorly designed this program is. When you start it the first time, you get a totally unintelligible setup screen with two unobvious choices where to keep your contacts, and two misplaced buttons which at first appear to be a menu. (attaching screenshot).

The main window has a very poor layout, tons of empty entries, and it does not show much information. (attaching screenshot).

Frankly, this is not an app I want to see in our default install. Evolution has a much better UI to manage contacts.

If the new empathy needs this, I strongly suggest to keep the current empathy version and backport some bug fixes, or revert the removal of empathy's builtin contact list.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :
Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for gnome-contacts (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

[reopening as Contacts was something we identified at UDS as wanting for 12.10. The UI bugs should be reported to GNOME.]

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/meeting/20425/desktop-q-gnome-plans-review/

summary: - FFe: [MIR] gnome-contacts
+ [MIR] gnome-contacts
Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → New
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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

Oh man, I just ran Contacts 3.4.0 for the first time and I second pitti's comments. This is something I'm leery of showcasing to users in the default install. Though looking at its design page, this is how it is supposed to look: https://live.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Contacts

We wanted Contacts at UDS because we were trying to reduce our delta with GNOME and adding it would let us use the latest empathy. But I think this should have a sign-off by Jason Warner (Desktop product manager). I'll assign this bug to him.

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Jason Warner (jasoncwarner)
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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

I talked to Jason about this, and we figure that the work Ken VanDine has to make contacts look nicer (pull app-specific css theming from adwaita to light-themes and don't show uncategorized contacts by default) will get us most of the way there.

Besides theming ugliness, there will still be workflow issues like pitti mentioned (confusing first screen, etc). But the alternative is to carry a large delta against empathy to avoid this new app. Probably better all around to accept this and have it improve.

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
assignee: Jason Warner (jasoncwarner) → nobody
status: New → Fix Committed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Moved to main.

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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