On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 09:16 +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > Does this mean (for example) that we will be able to have a caldav > server, with credentials, and then just associate (and maybe > auto-discover) all of the user's addressbooks, calendars, todo-lists and > journals which the user has on that server?
I honestly don't know if that's possible with a CalDAV server (I'm just not familiar enough with CalDAV), but if we're talking about a groupware service where, for example, suppose I have a Microsoft Exchange account consisting of an email store, a calendar, a to-do list and a couple address books; then with this proposal we can now express a hierarchical relationship between those different data sources and treat them within Evolution as a single "account", such that I can disable or delete my Exchange mail account in Preferences and all the other data sources for that account will automatically follow. Currently each of our groupware backends has to invent this kind of account management for itself. All I'm proposing is a general framework that backends can utilize to make it easier and more consistent. Auto-discovery is also up to each backend to implement, and rightfully so. But the framework certainly allows for discovered data sources to be associated with the account. I hope I answered your question. Like I said, handling of groupware accounts is still kinda hand wavy at this point. Gotta get the simple cases working first. _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers mailing list evolution-hackers@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
