Please test our new calendering solutions.

[Mike McGrath]

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Clint Savage wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Clint Savage wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Simon Birtwistle <simon at zikula.org> wrote:
> >> >> For testing purpose, I have tried out many solutions, but the two most
> >> >> suitable contenders are
> >> >> 1.Zikula
> >> >> 2.Citadel
> >> >
> >>
> >> I'd like to throw in my previous email as a reference for this exact
> >> purpose.  There was a long discussion[1] around which I already
> >> created a list of potential calendaring solutions[2].  Of which, we
> >> need to evaluate those as well since from what I can see, neither of
> >> these solutions allow me to update the calendar (my personal or a
> >> group calendar) with the caldav server type functionality.  Maybe I
> >> missed that, but I think that's an integral part of the need for a
> >> calendaring solution IMO.  if you follow the discussion held a while
> >> ago, the list suggested becomes more integral to the scheduling
> >> functionality needed in Fedora.
> >>
> >> I'm still under the impression that we should set up test servers for
> >> these other systems too as most (if not all) are FOSS as well and
> >> better fit the needs of a full calendaring free/busy type solution.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Clint
> >>
> >> 1 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2009-February/msg00060.html
> >> 2 - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Herlo/Fedora_Calendar_Project_Desired_Features_%28Draft%29
> >>
> >
> > If you've got time to set some up we'd be happy to work with you on it,
> > some of the projects we looked at got dropped for various reasons.  SOGo
> > requires ldap which we don't have, Bedework requires sun's java so it got
> > dropped.  If you had other specific ones you wanted us to look at please
> > do update the ticket -
> >
> > https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/1197
> >
> > I've never looked for FOSS calendar solutions, I don't think susmit has
> > either so we're just googling and looking around for solutions that might
> > work.  susmit's done a great job of getting some of these up, I'm sure he
> > can get others up too.
> >
> >        -Mike
>
> I'm completely happy to help, do I just need to put in an RFR to get
> started?  I'll set them up and make them available for testing as
> quickly as I can once I get the resources.
>
> Clint
>

Naw, the RFR is only for projects themselves and this one (mostly) has
been approved.  Just request sysadmin-test access and work with susmit on
the same server he's been on.  I'll sponsor the test access and you'll
have an account within an hour.

	-Mike