[Kolab-devel] ActiveSync: event alarms

[ABBAS Alain]

Hi Georg 
i don t think it is good to have two ways and each loose energy for the same thing. 
If Syncroton is more well ok , better to coordonate our efforts and experiences on 
one project than two 



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De: "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve at kolabsys.com>
Envoyé: 4 juillet 2012 12:22:26 UTC
Pour: kolab-devel at kolab.org, "ABBAS Alain" <alain.abbas at libertech.fr>
Cc: kolab-user at kolab.org
Sujet : Re: [Kolab-devel] ActiveSync: event alarms

On Wednesday 04 July 2012 11.59:07 ABBAS Alain wrote:
> I m consterned that Zpush seems to be abandonned by kolabsys without a
> notice or a discussion with the communauty As the creator of the backend it
> would be fear to talk about that .

It is not being abandoned, and there has been communication, as well.

You're fully invited to work with us to make Z-Push work against Kolab 3.0, as 
well, but it makes sense to have another option for a variety of reasons:

 - The proprietary development model of Z-Push
 - The lack of proper development process of Z-Push 
		(demonstrated among others by new features even in beta releases)
 - The sometimes not satisfying code quality in Z-Push
 - The lack of modularity that does not easily allow to adjust to 
	different backends

Instead, we've begun working with the Tine 2.0 community that like us wants to 
have a proper Free Software stack and has agreed to develop Syncroton (spun 
out of their ActiveSync stack) collaboratively and as a truly independent Open 
Source project.

So we're giving it a spin to see how this could work for Kolab.

Always evaluating components to see which ones work best is part of 
responsible maintainership, and ultimately for the benefit of the entire Kolab 
community.

That said I hope you'll also work on a Z-Push backend for Kolab 3.0.

Best regards,
Georg


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