[Kolab-devel] RFC - The future development direction of Kolab

[Stephan Buys]

Hi all,

In which direction should we push Kolab going forward?

Kolab's single greatest feature for me is the fact that it was designed around 
a LDAP directory. The role that kolabd fullfills is really versatile and can 
be used beyond just groupware/email:
 - With the KOLAB_META template mechanisms it is possible to deliver:
	* Samba integration
	* Asterisk integration
	* LDAP logons for Linux clients
	* Auto-configuration (via LDAP) of Kontact for first time users using LDAP 
logons

** Shouldn't we consider making kolabd a first-class citizen? Its own 
sub-project, tightly coupled with LDAP/slurpd and able to handle much more 
than just postfix/cyrus/etc? It could be the basis for an enterprise-wide 
directory/central user store managing services as needed.

Love to hear your thoughts...

Kind Regards
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