[Kde-pim] Fwd: Google SoC Project Idea: Kontact Exchange
Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
vr at movingparts.net
Sun Apr 13 07:02:29 BST 2008
Not sure if this ever went anywhere while I wasn't looking (and haven't had
time to go through the applications properly yet), but...
YES!!! =:D
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Vincent Panel <yohonet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it time to propose kontact-exchange project once again ? Now with
> KDE4 and Akonadi (which were not really stable last year) ?
> http://code.google.com/soc/2008/
>
> Some very interesting discussions went on last year and vic seemed to
> be motivated !
>
> Vincent
>
> 2007/4/12 Vic Fryzel <vic at shellsage.com>:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Although my SoC project idea was not selected, I still think it would
> be very
> > important to Kontact. I thought for sure it would have been selected,
> but I
> > guess others had better ideas for KDE PIM that were more in line with a
> SoC
> > project. Regardless, I'd like to pursue this project anyway. Would
> one or
> > more people care to mentor me? I'm sure there are others significantly
> more
> > familiar with Kontact and KDE development processes than I.
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Vic Fryzel (vic at shellsage dot com)
> > http://shellsage.com/
> > Key id C7B780CA = 3235 2261 807B 451C DA4D DFBA CAA7 80CF C7B7 80CA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Monday 26 February 2007 4:44:45 am Vincent Panel wrote:
> > > On 2/26/07, Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:
> > > > FYI, this was sent to kde-devel at kde.org.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
> > > > PGP/GPG: 0x6EF45358; fingerprint:
> > > > E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C 966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 5358
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > > From: Vic Fryzel <vic at shellsage.com>
> > > > To: kde-devel at kde.org
> > > > Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:14:54 -0500
> > > > Subject: Google SoC Project Idea: Kontact Exchange
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'd very much like to contribute to KDE via the Google Summer of
> Code. I
> > > > think that I have two good project ideas (the first of which is
> listed
> > > > below), and have no problem putting forth the required effort to
> > > > contribute features. I've already contributed patches to the KDE
> > > > project, am an active Gentoo developer, and develop a lot of open
> source
> > > > software in my spare time.
> > > >
> > > > Please take the time to review, comment on, and build on my
> proposal, and
> > > > I very much appreciate any feedback. I'll submit it as soon as the
> web
> > > > interface for proposal submissions is available.
> > > >
> > > > My preliminary project proposal for full Kontact Exchange
> integration
> > > > follows:
> > > >
> > > > Who are you? What are you studying?
> > > > My name is Vic Fryzel. I'm pursuing a B.S. and M.S. in Software
> > > > Engineering.
> > > >
> > > > What exactly do you intend to do? What will not be done?
> > > > It is my intent to bring the MS Exchange implementation in Kontact
> to be
> > > > as feature-complete as Evolution. I intend for this to be included
> in
> > > > KDE4. It is not my intent to affect any other features of Kontact
> that
> > > > are unrelated to getting Exchange integration to work, unless a new
> > > > feature is required by Exchange integration.
> > > >
> > > > Why are you the right person for this task?
> > > > I'm the right person for the task because I have substantial open
> source
> > > > software development experience, a significant will to see Kontact
> and
> > > > KDE become more popular and widely used, and use both KDE and
> Evolution
> > > > on a daily basis, so I know what's missing from Kontact. I'm also
> > > > familiar with Qt and the KDE libraries.
> > > >
> > > > How many hours are you going to work on this a week?
> > > > I'm prepared to work as many as 30-40 hours per week on this
> project. My
> > > > other commitments include my full-time day job as a software
> engineer.
> > > >
> > > > Are you comfortable working independently under a remote supervisor
> or
> > > > mentor? I'm comfortable working independently under a supervisor or
> > > > mentor who is at a remote location. I'd set weekly goals for the
> > > > project, and discuss these goals and my progess weekly (or less
> > > > frequently based upon the requirements of the mentor) with my
> mentor.
> > > > I've already had experience with this sort of thing in becoming a
> Gentoo
> > > > developer, where a large number of the developers live in Europe,
> and I
> > > > live in the U.S.
> > > >
> > > > What is your native language?
> > > > My native language is English.
> > > >
> > > > Where do you live?
> > > > I live in Rochester, NY, USA; a local mentor would be spectacular,
> but
> > > > I've yet to meet a KDE developer from the area.
> > > >
> > > > To what extent are you familiar with the software you're proposing
> to
> > > > work with?
> > > > I'm very familiar with Kontact and KDE development in general.
> I've
> > > > read the source code (I've already looked into further implementing
> > > > Exchange integration in Kontact just in my spare time). I've begun
> to
> > > > modify the source to perform better calendar Exchange queries, but
> have
> > > > nothing patch-ready, although all of my work has been on the KDE
> trunk,
> > > > so it is all going towards KDE4. I have used C++ for many
> work-related
> > > > projects, and am familiar with Qt and the KDE libraries. I'm also
> very
> > > > familiar with MS Exchange queries, and have written work-related
> > > > applications to query Exchange servers for data such as one's mail
> > > > folder/email information, and appointment/meeting information;
> this
> > > > included the handling of meeting requests.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I know a bit exchange as I've migrated a company from exchange 5.5 to
> > > an exchange 2003 cluster.
> > >
> > > The major problem being that exchange uses natively protocols no one
> > > has ever implemented under linux (even evolution) : X400 and X500. Of
> > > course these are "microsoft" protocols which means they have probably
> > > added proprietary, undocumented features to these protocols. Exchange
> > > also uses imap, pop3 and webdav. But you can disable all three of
> them
> > > and only outlook users will be able to use exchange. Evolution uses
> > > webdav access, so they don't implement the native protocol either.
> > >
> > > The other problem is the calendar integration with the exchange
> > > server. I think you should be able to keep a local copy of your
> > > exchange calendar, but synchronize it with the server, so in the
> > > current state, the best way to do this is via opensync and writing a
> > > plugin for it.
> > >
> > > You have almost the same synchronization problem with contacts.
> > >
> > > I also notice some people sometimes use the "vote" mechanism of
> > > outlook/exchange and kmail doesn't deal with it at all.
> > >
> > > One last thing is public folders : these are mail folders shared
> among
> > > several people (and generally open read/write to a group of people).
> > >
> > > Now things that does work in the current kmail state :
> > > - If imap is turned on, kmail deals with exchange rather well
> > > - kmail is able to display meeting requests, deal with them (accept /
> > > decline / tentative and send a response to the sender) and add the
> > > meeting in your (local) calendar
> > > - you can get your exchange contacts and access the exchange GAL if
> > > you configure LDAP in the configuration page of kadressbook. But
> here,
> > > there's another difficulty : for a NT domain, the GAL is on the
> > > exchange server and for a 2003 domain, it's on the Domain Controllers
> > > of the domain. It's possible you can get the domain controller by
> > > querying the exchange server, but I don't know how to do it. The
> other
> > > way to get it is by querying the domain in a samba-way (samba is able
> > > to tell you the domain controller with only the domain name).
> > >
> > > I think an exchange wizard to configure all these pieces of kmail in
> > > one go would be much appreciated, otherwise, you have to configure
> all
> > > these things in kmail, then in kadressbook, then in korganizer.
> > >
> > > My two pennies...
> >
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