Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] version milestones regarding addressbook and calendar

[Alex Borges]

> I want to be able to, say, enter a new contact through Thunderbird and 
> have it show up in phpGroupware. Entering contacts into LDAP (using GQ 
> browser) does not show up on the web (current SQL store is just copied 
> on write to the LDAP system, yes?). I also want to be able to write to 
> remote iCalendar with a client like the MacOS iCal, or Sunbird.
> 
> 
a) Thunderbird has no write access to ldap does it?

Nehow... yeah... both are planned and somehow started (calendar is ro
from sql -> ics, addressbook is wo from sql -> ldap).

> So, my actual questions-
> 
> - What is the current development timeline?
> 
 Still in the process of migrating to the new infrastructure. We will
know what we need to get to production quality when most stuff is
ported.

> - Do you plan to have external read/write capabilities to 
> addressbook/calendar, and if so, when (version milestone) is it scheduled?
> 
Yes
> - What is the status of the xml-rpc interface? Is it considered 
> experimental?
> 
It is usefull already for many things. But its not lake the whole phpgw
infrastructure of basic apps are readily, naturaly available. This will
probably change in the next release.

> - Does my concept of a native client + web interface system jive with 
> your overall design goals?
> 
Yeah. It does.... but some are also thinking of a custom made xul based
client using javascript  and the new dom2 objects to access the
groupware through xmlrpc. I think i have a couple of buyers for that as
well.

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