[Kde-pim] Re: GSOC proposal - Alternative calendar systems

[David Jarvie]

On Fri, February 11, 2011 9:20 am, Thomas McGuire wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On Friday 11 February 2011 00:18:49 John Layt wrote:
>> I've been approached by a potential GSOC student who is interested in
>> improving the use of alternative calendar systems in KDEPIM, in
>> particular
>> recurring events.  You may remember an email I sent back in 2009
>> outlining
>> the issues and a possible solution [1].
>>
>> The aims of the GSOC would be to research and implement support for:
>> * recurring calendar events using alternative calendar systems
>> * birthdays and anniversaries using alternative calendar systems
>> * display of an alternative calendar system in the calendar views
...
>> What do you guys think, good idea or not?  While I would be happy to
>> mentor
>> the student, I'd obviously need help on the more technical side of
>> KOrganizer/KAddressBook so any volunteers for that?
>
> I like the idea, it is quite important to have different calendar systems
> working so that KDEPIM works in those cultures.
...
> I can't help much with KOrganizer/KAddressBook myself.

I also like this idea - it would certainly be something that KAlarm would
benefit from. But I can't help with KOrganizer/KAddressBook either.

-- 
David Jarvie.
KDE developer.
KAlarm author - http://www.astrojar.org.uk/kalarm

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