Ubuntu-GNOME Digest, Vol 3, Issue 10

Fri May 17 18:25:39 UTC 2013

Am glad to see am  not th e only one who is confuse because of this.
Not to talk about the Problems i usually have with my poor connection.

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM, <ubuntu-gnome-request at lists.ubuntu.com>wrote:

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>    1. uoa vs goa (Julien Olivier)
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> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 07:30:14 +0200
> From: Julien Olivier <julo42 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: uoa vs goa
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> Hi list,
>
> could anyone explain me what the plan is concerning
> Ubuntu-Online-Accounts and GNOME-Online-Accounts in future Ubuntu GNOME
> releases?
>
> Currently, the situation is very confusing:
>  - there are two control center items called "Online accounts".
>  - if you configure a Google account in UOA, you're supposed to be
> getting automatic configuration for Shotwell and Empathy. But, actually,
> you get Evolution (email, contacts, calendar) integration as well, with
> no way to disable (or fine-grain) it from the control center.
>  - if you configure a Google account in GOA, you get automatic
> integration inside Evolution (email, contacts, calendar), Documents and
> Empathy, and you can choose to enable / disable the components you need.
>  - if you use GOA but not UOA, although your account works in Empathy,
> clicking on "accounts" from Empathy's menu does nothing. It works when
> using UOA though.
>  - if you configure the same Google account in both UOA and GOA, you get
> two email account, two contact lists and two calendars in Evolution.
>
> As you can see, it's a bit complicated to understand which should be
> used, and it would help to know what the developers are doing (or not)
> to try to simplify the situation.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 07:37:18 +0200
> From: Alfredo Hern?ndez <aldomann.designs at gmail.com>
> To: Julien Olivier <julo42 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ubuntu GNOME <ubuntu-gnome at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: uoa vs goa
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> It is indeed. This is a clear example of the zero collaboration between
> Ubuntu and GNOME (I'm not saying who is wrong). They should have looked for
> a standard online account approach.
>
> If you ask me, whilst GOA has less services, it is superior as the options
> it gives are far better than UOA ones. I wish GNOME folks make it possible
> to stop using using UOA in our systems in a near future, as you say, the
> current implementation is ridiculously confusing.
>
> Regards, Alfredo.
> On 17 May 2013 07:30, "Julien Olivier" <julo42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > could anyone explain me what the plan is concerning
> > Ubuntu-Online-Accounts and GNOME-Online-Accounts in future Ubuntu GNOME
> > releases?
> >
> > Currently, the situation is very confusing:
> >  - there are two control center items called "Online accounts".
> >  - if you configure a Google account in UOA, you're supposed to be
> > getting automatic configuration for Shotwell and Empathy. But, actually,
> > you get Evolution (email, contacts, calendar) integration as well, with
> > no way to disable (or fine-grain) it from the control center.
> >  - if you configure a Google account in GOA, you get automatic
> > integration inside Evolution (email, contacts, calendar), Documents and
> > Empathy, and you can choose to enable / disable the components you need.
> >  - if you use GOA but not UOA, although your account works in Empathy,
> > clicking on "accounts" from Empathy's menu does nothing. It works when
> > using UOA though.
> >  - if you configure the same Google account in both UOA and GOA, you get
> > two email account, two contact lists and two calendars in Evolution.
> >
> > As you can see, it's a bit complicated to understand which should be
> > used, and it would help to know what the developers are doing (or not)
> > to try to simplify the situation.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> >
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