[Adium-devl] Should an AIMetaContact set containedObjects' aliases?

[Evan Schoenberg]

On May 30, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Augie Fackler <lists at durin42.com> wrote:

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> On May 30, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Zachary West wrote:
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>> When we're setting an alias for an AIMetaContact, should we update  
>> the
>> aliases of all contained objects?
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> I've often wondered why we don't do this.
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>> As it stands right now, the sub-contacts all can be in a varying  
>> state
>> of aliased and unaliased, with various aliases on their own, which
>> leads to various confusing situations on both other clients and our
>> own. The expanded meta contact information, for example, makes the
>> display confusing and laughable. "evands" is: "evands", "Evan
>> Schoenberg", "theadiumtester". This isn't right.
>>
>> Maybe expanded meta contacts should only show the -formattedUID,  
>> along
>> with forcing an alias set to all the contained objects?
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> That sounds reasonable to me.

I like both proposals, too.

-Evan



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