Re: [Evolution] Evolution CalDav and WebDav - thanks

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> > > B. It seems that Caldav has the facility to allow entry of a userid, 
> > > but not to refresh the calendar after a set time.
> >
> >
> > Yes.  CalDav is an interactive server - you need to login to it (like 
> > with IMAP) and
> > the information in the calendar is polled about once a minute.
> >    
>  
>
> Interactive meaning that one could update the schedule as well?  (if 
> it actually worked)


Yes.  When it was working for me (I think Evo 2.6.2 and OSAF 0.4) it was 
a two
way thing - Evo could update the remote calendar and changes to the remote
calendar were reflected in Evo at the next update.

> > My way of doing what you seem to want to do is the following - I have my
> > 'personal' calendar on my main machine at work, the information on
> > that calendar is periodically published (using webdav) to a web server
> > and all my other boxes use that as an 'On the Web' calendar.   I then
> > have a Google calendar setup for the family - my wife can then change
> > that calendar from wherever she is so that I know what I'm supposed to
> > be doing (and also what the rest of the family are doing).
> >    
>  
>
> Thanks.  Call me old-fashioned, but I've got some concern about 
> posting information about
> where my children are when, and what weeks the house will be empty 
> because we're out
> of town to an external location like Google.


Well the information isn't  that detailed - it's more a mechanism for my
Wife to remind me what I'm doing!

It would also be much easier if my wife and her work  were enlightened
and used Linux base things - unfortunately that's not going to happen
any time soon.

> As I'm playing with it now,   it's not clear what makes Evolution 
> reload the information.  I set it
> to update every minute, and it doesn't show changes published on my 
> wife's calendar, although
> if I copy hers to mine I see the changes.    What's really strange is 
> that if I show both the calendars,
> after the copy her appointments dissappear, until I page down a couple 
> of months, and then they
> start showing up again.  Freaky.
It happens with CalDav as well - you put in an appointment, at the next 
update,
that appointment will disappear - then at some point in the future, 2 or 
3 mins
later, it will reappear.  It's as Evo adds the entry to the server, then 
reloads the
old calendar.  I'm sure there's a bug on it.

P.