[Rtcomm] [Rtcomm] [Bug 6704] Contacts doesnt automatically extrapolate first and last name

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https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6704


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------- Comment #3 from bugzilla770 at nmacleod.com  2009-12-10 20:33 GMT+3 -------
I think Kasper has a valid point.

When importing a vCard that lacks separate firstname/lastname fields what is so
wrong with assuming that the last word of the FN is the lastname and all
preceeding words are forenames? This would work for a large proportion of
people and would then mean that only a handful of contacts need to be modified
post-import. Making this an option on the import - eg. "Parse
firstname/lastname when necessary" - would be the ideal, I guess.

As things stand ALL contacts have to be modified because the importer has been
written under the assumption that it can't do the job of parsing the names
perfectly, so it does it badly every time.

Surely getting it right most times is infinitely better than not getting it
right at all?


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