On 22 June 2011 08:30, Frank Karlitschek <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22.06.2011, at 09:08, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Frank Karlitschek <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Yes. The main point of ownCloud is that it runs on any webspace without >>> special requirements like a daemon or root access. >>> So java is not an option at the moment. The server should be pure PHP >>> because this is supported by most hosters and servers. >> What do you think of using java + falling back on PHP where it is not >> supported? The problem is: SyncML brings us *lots* of advantages, and >> mooha is not really the state of art. I was totally not happy of java >> either, but it is probably the best way through which we can - right >> now - offer great features to our users. > I don´t think this is a good idea to be honest. It´s one of the core ideas to > have to php only so that it´s super easy to host, install, upgrade and so on. > Adding a optional or non optional java dependency goes against this idea. > > I would rather no use SyncML in ownCloud if it´s no possible to implement in > PHP than changing the concept of ownCloud. > My impression was that SyncML is very easy to integrate in ownCloud. If this > is not the case I would rather go with CalDAV and CardDav where php > implementations are available and it´s supported by all modern devices > including Kontact.
Horde (from horde.org) has a set of libraries which does SyncML... I don't know whether they're compatible, as, obviously, Horde is a usually seen as a groupware suite, but it does have a file management application (gollem) so it might be. Regards, -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
