From kde-pim  Fri Jul 05 09:48:21 2002
From: "Best, Jan-Pascal van" <j.p.vanbest () tbm ! tudelft ! nl>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 09:48:21 +0000
To: kde-pim
Subject: RE: [Kde-pim] [PATCH] Korganizer Exchange 2000 Patch
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-pim&m=102586267407562

Cornelius Schumacher [mailto:schumacher@kde.org] wrote:
> > - Writing to the server always creates a new event on the server.
> > The uid isn't checked, so even if the event is downloaded from the
> > server in the first place, a new one is created when uploading!
>=20
> Is there a workaround of this problem?
It's just not coded yet. The current plugin just writes a new event=20
to the server instead of first looking if there's already an event
with the same uid present.

> I would say, check it in. Perhaps we should disable=20
> compilation by default for=20
> now, so that compiling kdepim doesn't need the latest kdelibs=20
> or add a proper configure check.=20
I've added a configure.in.in with exchange in DO_NOT_COMPILE,=20
like for kitchensync, but that doesn't seem to be enough. How=20
do I disable compilation for the exchange plugin?

> We also need a way to disable plugins in=20
> KOrganizer, so that=20
> it isn't loaded for people not interested in talking to an=20
> Exchange server,=20
> but we can add this later. Another comment: some files=20
> doesn't seem to be=20
> readable by all. It would be good to fix the file permissions=20
> before checking in.
Did that.

> > For the longer term, I see three possibilities:
> > 1. Keep it as a plugin.
>=20
> That's the easiest one. As the plugin already exists, I think=20
> we should also keep it in the future.
I'll keep working on that functionality of the plugin then.=20
First upload should be made more complete, then I hope for some=20
feedback...

> > 2. Implement it as a Calendar, so that korganizer can work
> > directly on an Exchange calendar. I'm not sure if korganizer
> > and the Calendar framework are up to that, though. For instance,
> > does korganizer walk through the entire calendar sometimes? That
> > would be uncool on a calendar on an exchange server...
>=20
> The framework definitely needs some work before we can=20
> smoothly integrate=20
> server-based calendars, but in the long term this probably is=20
> the way to go.
If I find some time, I'll look into that. Try to implement an=20
exchange2000 calendar and see what's missing on the framework.

> > 3. Implement it as a Konnector in the kitchensync/ksync framework.
> > I haven't following the discussion about this, would that be doable
> > now?
>=20
> This would allow to sync a local calendar with an exchange=20
> server. Sounds like=20
> a useful feature, but I doubt that the syncing framework is=20
> ready for that now. Perhaps a feature for 3.2?
Maybe, but I'll wait for a stable framework to crystallise first.

Jan-Pascal
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