[Evolution] SyncEvolution 0.5 released

[Patrick Ohly <Patrick Ohly gmx de>]

Hi all,

the previous 0.4 version has been in use for a while now and - based on
the feedback that I got - seems to work fine, so I think it is time to
announce this software to a wider range of people. Therefore I am
including the Evolution users list in the list of recipients. If anyone
prefers to not have such announcements sent there, please let me know
and I won't post there in the future. 

Here are the release announcement and ChangeLog from the SourceForge
project page. Everyone is welcome to link to the news item [1] or the
home page [2].

SyncEvolution 0.5 released
--------------------------

The 0.5 update of SyncEvolution, a SyncML client which
synchronizes Evolution address books, calendars and tasks lists
with SyncML servers and other SyncML clients is now
available.

This version uses an updated version of the Funambol C++ SyncML
client library. In addition to some minor bug fixes SyncEvolution
0.5 now supports one-way synchronization modes and splitting
of large objects into multiple messages. As usual it is tested
nightly against the ScheduleWorld, Funambol, Synthesis and
EGroupware server.

Starting with 0.5 prebuilt binaries are made available together
with the source code. They are created on a Debian 3.1 ("Sarge")
host for various Evolution versions. Make sure you pick the binary
package which matches the version of Evolution, otherwise
the executable may fail to start due to missing libraries or not 
find any local data. Minor version differences in the third digit
usually can be ignored.

For more information about SyncEvolution see its home page:
http://www.estamos.de/projects/SyncML/


SyncEvolution 0.4 -> 0.5, 12.11.2006
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* C++ client library revision "syncevolution-0-5":
  - added support for sending changes in smaller chunks
    ("Large Object Support"): disabled by default, see updated
    example configuration
  - time is printed with GMT offset so that a server admin in
    a different timezone can always figure out how a client log
    relates to events on the server
  - special item keys as they might be stored in some calendars after
    importing non-Evolution events are now properly supported
* bug fix: in 0.4 it was necessary to manually configure the verDTD
  or the Funambol 3.0a server would choke on the invalid SyncML during
  the second synchronization with SyncEvolution; now this option is set
  automatically
* added support and testing of transmitting just the changes
  from client to server or vice versa; see "one-way-from-server/client"
  in example configuration
* fixed/updated comments in the example configuration
* improved automated testing and fixed the problem that CPPUnit was not
  found unless it was part of the system
* Now works on Maemo/Nokia 770: minor changes were necessary so that
  the system address book can now be selected under the name "<<system>>.
  Copying 300 contacts into the Nokia 770 went fine, but any further
  attempt to synchronize suffered from timeouts inside the embedded
  Evolution Data Server.

[1] http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=634663
[2] http://www.estamos.de/projects/SyncML/

-- 
Bye, Patrick Ohly
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Patrick Ohly gmx de
http://www.estamos.de/