Bug#889563: linphone: Wrong contact list sort order

[Rob van der Putten]

Hi there


On Sun, 4 Feb 2018, Geert Stappers wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 03:52:02PM +0100, Rob van der Putten wrote:
>>
>> Linphone sorts contacts by username (EG: <sip:jdoe at example.org>) as
>> opposed to display_name (EG: "John Doe").
>
> SIP usernames are global unique, display_names not.
>
> SIP username is always present, display_name is optional.
>
>
>> Below a small patch by a friend which fixes this problem;
>
> Patch has been seen (at least by me)
>
> But I don't understand the "problem".  Please elaborate.

In a regular VOIP context, sip usernames usually contain telephone 
numbers, E.G. <sip:1234567 at example.org>. Which makes a sort by username 
rather inconvenient. Esp. in case of large contact lists.


Regards,
Rob