[Kolab-devel] Horde_Kolab_Format-0.1.0 has been released! (was: Preparations for a PHP PEAR package implementing the Kolab Format)

[Gunnar Wrobel]

Hi!

Gunnar Wrobel <wrobel at pardus.de> writes:

> Hi!
>
> The Kolab specific code in Horde has seen a lot of development during
> the last three years. While the newest Horde release (3.2.*) contains
> decent Kolab support I still wanted to restructure the code slightly
> in order to get it into a structure that will allow other developers
> to use the Horde code as a basis for their own web applications. With
> this change nearing completion I am very certain that there will be no
> major structural changes necessary in the next few years. Of course
> development will go on but will be more concerned with feature
> enhancements rather than getting the basics right.
>
> As a first result of this effort the Horde_Kolab_Format package will
> be released as a Kolab specific library. It serves two purposes:
> reading and writing the Kolab XML format as well as developing new
> Kolab formats.

The package has been released now:

http://pear.horde.org/index.php?package=Horde_Kolab_Format

Feedback welcome!

Cheers,

Gunnar

>
> I described the use of the package on a wiki page:
>
> https://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Horde_Kolab_Format
>
> As it is not yet released the installation described on that page
> won't work (yet) but if you know PEAR a little bit it shouldn't be too
> hard to grab the package from Horde CVS
> (http://cvs.horde.org/framework/Kolab_Format/) and play around with
> it.
>
> I'm mentioning this to get some feedback before actually releasing the
> package. Just in case I missed something vital that should be in the
> first release. Comments are welcome.
>
> During the next few months you can expect four additional releases to
> follow Horde_Kolab_Format:
>
>  - Horde_Kolab_Server: Implements access methods for the Kolab user
>    database in LDAP
>
>  - Horde_Kolab_Storage: Provides the means to access the user data
>    stored in IMAP.
>
>  - Horde_Kolab_FreeBusy: The Kolab specific implementation of
>    Free/Busy.
>
>  - Horde_Kolab_Filter: Postfix filters specific to the Kolab server.
>
> I expect "Horde_Kolab_Storage" to be the most interesting one in the
> series as it implements all the different IMAP methods required to
> read/write the user data. It also comes with efficient data caching so
> that you get good performance when running your scripts against the
> Kolab server.
>
> So there is more to come.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gunnar
>
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