Re: [Opensync-users] Google Calendar Plugin?

[Marcos \Japa\ U. <th...@gm...>]

Hi Aaron

I'll be quick and answer more throughly as it deserves later.

The guy from the KDE SoC project you mentioned is brazilian too. (:

We already contacted each other, seems like we will attack the problem
from 2 opposite sides. Talk about convergence!

:)

Japa

On 5/27/06, Aaron Whitehouse <li...@wh...> wrote:
> Hi Japa,
>
> Marcos "Japa" Umino wrote:
>
> > I didn't knew such thing was possible. Really, I only tried syncinc
> > gpe to evolution. Are you talking about "possibilities" or tools that
> > already exist?
>
> According to Koen they exist ;). I remember a post somewhere saying that
> it was possible but couldn't find the post again.
>
> > IF the calendar server supports updates, it already has integrated
> > tools for receiving updates via web. Then, writing a host in this
> > case, may add a layer of complexity which, imo, will only be useful,
> > if we can implement the "host-based" sync on other devices. However,
> > I'm not sure about this. My NGage can beam contact thru bluetooth to
> > my ipaq running linux. U see, each PIM device app will need to
> > implement hooks for host 2 host sync. I guess I need more opinions...
> > :)
>
> My gut feeling is that you would be better having the opensync framework
> doing the communication with Google-Calendar and make sure that GPE and
> OPIE can properly use the framework to pull and convert the data into
> the generic format you are designing. The advantage that I see here is
> that then all opensync apps could do everything with the Google-Calendar
> as well. As far as I see it, that would allow you to sync to Google from
> your PIM or your handheld device over the device's http connection. I
> don't know enough technical details to help you further, however. Armin?
>
> The main reason that I posted was that I wanted to let you know that a
> KDE SoC student will, according to:
> http://code.google.com/soc/kde/about.html
> be working on "KDEPIM Google Calendar synchronization using OpenSync".
> This implies to me that you would be much better using the framework as
> much as possible because you can freeload off their work ;)!
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Aaron
>