[kdepim-users] [Kde-pim] KDE 4.2 KPilot coming! (how to both be excited and have realistic expectations)

[Eric A. Bonney]

does this have any impact on those of us using Windows Mobile devices? We will 
eventually be able to sync those devices with a linux workstation?

-Eric

On Thursday 22 January 2009 10:53:01 Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Volker Krause <vkrause at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Monday 19 January 2009 18:09:51 Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper wrote:
> > > We're using Akonadi for syncing your data in KDE 4.2! This is also
> > > really good goodness! This will allow us (eventually, once the Akonadi
> > > back ends are written) to sync your Palm pilot with an Exchange data
> > > source, or a Google calendar, etc., etc. The realistic immediate view,
> > > though, is that KPilot is using and relying on a really new Akonadi
> > > solution. KDE PIM 4.2 is still not fully ported to using Akonadi
> > > purely, although we have
> >
> > bridge
> >
> > > resources as an interim solution. This means that before you can sync
> >
> > with
> >
> > > KDE's 4.2 KPilot, you need to add an Akonadi resource for each data
> > > type (Calendar, Contacts, etc.), then change your KDE PIM applications
> > > to use that (korganizer, kaddressbook, etc.), and then reconfigure
> > > KPilot's conduits to use those new Akonadi data sources. There are
> > > glitches to be found in all these layers, to be sure!!  In my testing,
> > > it looks like you have to hit reload in korganizer to see kpilot
> > > changes to akonadi's cache after a HotSync, for example. Also, it's a
> > > manual process to convert your PIM data sources to Akonadi resources so
> > > KPilot can sync with them. This MUST be done, since KPilot now syncs
> > > only with Akonadi data sources. Together, we'll be finding (hopefully
> > > just a few) bugs in KPilot, the new KDE PIM code, and Akonadi. The
> > > pay-offs for all of this work are immense, but we need to have
> > > realistic expectations about it too.
> >
> > Note that there is a tool to do the Akonadi setup automatically,
> > kres-migrator. With a recent version of libakonadi it will be run
> > automatically when starting KPilot, if it doesn't you can also run it
> > manually:
> > kres-migrator --omit-client-bridge --interactive
>
> Cool! Will this change be distributed with KDE 4.2? This is _very_ good
> news! =:)
>
> Thanks Volker!


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