[korganizer] [Bug 419836] Events with empty UID are present in akonadi console but not showing up in the calendar

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419836

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--- Comment #9 from thewildotter at yahoo.com ---
(In reply to Allen Winter from comment #3)
> 1. definitely a bad ics file and the creator should be told to fix (i.e.
> create UIDs)
> 
> 2. Akonadi is doing the right thing
> 
> 3. kcalendarcore has code to deal with missing UIDs. I need to figure out if
> that code is broken or if KOrganizer is to blame. I do think KOrganizer
> should be nice and handle missing UIDs, even if RFC non-compliant

This is not just "being nice." Set the missing UID to NoUser and go on.
Otherwise this import is broken and so is the whole reason (foreign invitation
calendar entries) I would use KOrganizer at all.  Failure to complete any
important imported calendar entries will force me to go back to manually
editing my external calendar entries for inclusion into a roll-your-own file. 
I understand that the initial authors of the calendar .ics data I tested did
not perfectly follow the standard.  However, discarding my calendar info is not
punishing them, it is punishing ME and consequently KO'ing MY use of
KOrganizer.  Also, the standards need amending to recognize that event
organizers will almost never have a valid UID on my system so using NoUser is
fully appropriate if .ics file originators are too lazy or too worried about
exposing the UID they are actually using on their system to their invitees.  I
can tell you that the chances of getting the event organizers of many large
upcoming events within my lifetime to fix their invites so that they are
perfectly RFC compliant are not just small, they are exactly zero.  
   I was all fired up for reducing the effort to maintain my calendar.  I
commissioned  the effort to install KOrganizer and was pleased when it smoothly
came up.  The very first external entry attempt into the application has,
however, left me depressed.  I do support open source but calendar entries must
be bulletproof. One missed appointment is too many.  I have never missed one
using our excellent internal roll-your-own calendar files although the
delegated effort, I am told, is oppressive. This load/stress on my associates
led me to give KOrganizer an audition so no one would have to meticulously
transcribe all the pertinent info from a bunch of external invites and
replicate them for our attendee lists.  I hope the fix is easy and prompt.  I
would like to standardize on KOrganizer.  It could easily become another gold
star on my list of excellent open source applications.  Otherwise, I will be
commissioning a productivity enhancement for our support programs for our
roll-your-own calendar files and I really would rather not since office
software is not our primary focus.  Our internal calendar suite works so well
with our niche enhancements that I would hesitate to sell it to any potential
competitors so additional enhancements have zero chance of producing extra
revenue. My main candidate for writing that code would prefer to work on our
core responsibilities rather than calendaring software.  Thanks for your
attention and for being an open source advocate/participant. 
PLease count my vote for expending effort in this direction.
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thewildotter 

Attached please find a fragment of the email supporting my lack of control over
the quality of .ics file I may be needing to use for calendar entries. It had a
button at the bottom which was probably targeting cloud based calendaring
services which for security concerns we do not use but it did produce a (sadly
UID Deficient) .ics file when pressed:

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