Re: [Evolution] Evolution-list Digest, Vol 24, Issue 14

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 09:44 +0530, R.Ramkumar wrote:
> > I gave up on Evo and CalDAV a few versions back - I got Evo 2.6 &
> > Cosmo
> > (either 0.1 or 0.3, can't remember) to play ball, but since either or
> > both got upgraded it's never worked.  I've tried other CalDAV servers
> > (such as Bedework) with varying degrees of success - and it's not
> > always
> > or uniquely Evo's fault - I've had similar results with Sunbird, but
> > nothing consistent to indicate a particular server or particular
> > client
> > is good or bad, or more or less broken. (Except at the moment I can't
> > get Evo to do *anything* sensible!)
> >
> > Evo developers seem to be concentrating their efforts on trying to
> > shoe-horn Exchange interoperability into the code by reverse
> > engineering
> > proprietary protocols rather getting Evo to work properly with open
> > source servers that are standards based.  That's their call and I do
> > not
> > wish to express an opinion as to whether it is right or wrong :-)
> >
> > Evo developers in the past have said that it is their intention to
> > revisit the CalDAV code and get it working again - but I seem to
> > remember the target was version 2.14 or 2.16, so don't hold your
> > breath.
> >
> > If you value your sanity, give up on CalDAV for the time being, and
> > think of a work around - I know I did!
>
>
> > I'd be very happy to work with any evolution developer to get caldav 
> > working.
> >
> > We've had partial success with Evolution and CalDAV and I'd like to see 
> > that taken furtehr
>
> Thank you for your comments Biggs and Douglass. I've been on #evolution
> (GIMPnet) badgering the community for support. I have another update to
> add to all your information: Evolution v2.10.2 works like a charm with
> rscds v0.8.0. Since rscds is very simple and minimalistic, it shouldn't
> be too hard to build upon this success. Biggs, if I'd received your mail
> before setting up rscds, I wouldn't have tried :P

Ramkumar, I've tried rscds in the past and it hasn't worked - v.0.6 with
Evo 2.8 - and it didn't work.  Perhaps I'll give it another go when I
have some time.

> Yes, we badly need to get hold of some core Evolution developers. I'm
> already working with Brian Moseley from the Cosmo (Chandler) team.

To be honest Cosmo would be my choice (or Bedework), so it would be good
to get it working properly.

Pete