Fwd: Re: [Kolab-devel] The kolab-resource-handlers module

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Martin,

Am Freitag, 14. Oktober 2005 23:06 schrieb Martin Konold:
> Am Freitag 14 Oktober 2005 13:36 schrieb Bernhard Reiter:
> > With Horde, the Kolab project basically included a special set, forked it
> > and now maintains it for the special purpose.
> > This was easiest at the time and we probably would not have been able to
> > stabilise it fast enough otherwise.
>
> Which only means that this was an ugly hack back then to get the beast
> running but is biting us now.

Sure, still probably unavoidable though.

> IMHO this has to be fixed in order to enable us to move forward in the
> future.
>
> According to my experience such hacks as forking always lead to much
> trouble later.
>
> 95% of the current Horde code is both rotten or unused in Kolab.
>
> I hope agree with me that we need to get rid of this problem.

I do, as I agree to get rid about the other problems.
And this is not the biggest one we currently have.
So we just need to find the work (funding, volunteer or other)
to solve them.

Bernhard