Bug 202997

Summary:	Merging contacts with different names loses one name without any choice
Product:	[Unmaintained] kab3	Reporter:	rerxrerx
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	tokoe
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description rerxrerx 2009-08-07 19:45:22 UTC

Version:           4.3.0 (using KDE 4.3.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

It can occur that one wants to merge two contacts that are filed under different names, i.e. "Joe" from the mobile phone and "Joe Smith" from the mail client. Currently one of the two names is picked for the merged contact without asking the user for any confirmation, the other is discarded. In the example the user typically would prefer to keep the full name, but he can't be sure which one will be taken.

I'd prefer to see a dialog box with a listing of all the names asking the user which one to keep.

Comment 1 Denis Kurz 2016-09-24 19:53:33 UTC

Thank you for your efforts you put into this bug. kab3 has long been deprecated, and so I close its old reports. If this bug/wish is still valid for kab3's successor kaddressbook in any recent version (5.0 or later, as part of KDE Applications 15.08.0 or later), please file a new bug against kaddressbook.