[Kolab-devel] Horde_Kolab_Format-0.1.1 has been released (was: Horde_Kolab_Format-0.1.0 has been released!)

[Gunnar Wrobel]

Gunnar Wrobel <wrobel at pardus.de> writes:

> 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

A second verion of the package has been released. This is mainly a bug
fix release and fixes a major issue with the first release.

In addition the package adds support for storing annotations in the
Kolab format. This plays a role if you want to use Kolab based IMAP
storage on servers without annotation support.

Cheers,

Gunnar

>
> 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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