Re: [Evolution] Advice needed for Exchange-like calendaring

[Bryce Harrington <bryce osdl org>]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Kees Cook wrote:
> Here's the document I started.  The requirement list is at the bottom, but
> I think hits all the important things.  I'm sure there are more high-level
> requirements that should be added, though...
>
> Quick Requirements
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Here's a quick set of requirements as I see them right now for making a
> functional open source client/server Calendaring system.
>
> server-side storage/scheduling
>       - use get(pw|gr)* POSIX calls for local user list or may use
>           external system (LDAP?)
>       - manages free/busy and on-server scheduling
>       - manages delegation/read/write permissions
>       - manages out-of-band scheduling notifications (email, pages, etc)
>       - may manage scheduling events with off-site people (via iMIP or
>           CAP)
>       - on-disk storage must be backup safe (no need to shut down server)
>
> client-side synchronization
>       - keep a local copy of calendar
>       - resync and handling conflict resolution on reconnect

Wookie mentioned that syncing to a Palm (or other such device) would be
an invaluable requirement for a lot of folks.

> client-side scheduling
>       - may manage scheduling calendar events with off-site people
>           (via iMIP and/or CAP)
>       - may keep a list of "cached" users and free/busy from the server
>         so that offline scheduling can be done