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

[Gunnar Wrobel]

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.
>
> 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

The second Horde_Kolab_* package has been released now.

The use of the packge has been documented at

  http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Horde_Kolab_Server

You can download it at

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

The package itself does not provide really exciting functionality but
it is a necessary prerequisite for the central Horde_Kolab_Storage
package. This one will be released next.

Once that package has been released you will be able to quickly
develop short PHP scripts that work with the data on the Kolab
Server. Even converting PHP based web applications to Kolab storage
instead of SQL based storage should be possible if the web apps are
structured well enough.

Cheers,

Gunnar

>
>  - 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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