[SyncEvolution] syncevolution debug help needed

[deloptes]

Patrick Ohly wrote:

> On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 01:22 +0200, deloptes wrote:
>> IMO it would be best to push into syncevolution tree and TDE could apply
>> own debian rules for building a package which would replace the debian
>> native package offering tdepim.
>> Does someone has better ideas?
> 
> Sounds like the right approach. I can't promise that I will do anything
> with the new backend code (like at least compile-testing it when making
> changes) because I'm not sure how much work it would be to make the
> dependencies available on my build host, but at least the code would be
> available for those who want to use it.
> 

Last part is nice to have, so that it goes into the distros. I had some
discussion with Tino here regarding debian package builds.
As I am using debian it would be easy to get a package if the code is in
there and just rebuild for trinity desktop.

>> The story about ITEM_NEEDS_MERGE however is still a bit unclear to me. Is
>> it a suggestion - at least I understand it as such?
> 
> It's a bit more than a suggestion. It's a request to the engine to do
> the merge. What happens is:
>      1. add new item -> ITEM_NEEDS_MERGE without changing the database
>      2. read old item with luid as provided with ITEM_NEEDS_MERGE
>      3. update old item with merged data
> 

So in this case I should not DEL+ADD in the backend, but just notify with
ITEM_NEEDS_MERGE? Correct? (Sorry I did not have time to look in the other
backends how this is exactly implemented).

thanks and regards


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