[Kroupware] Re: General inquiry re. Kolab + Kontact

[Bo Thorsen]

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On Monday 30 June 2003 19:45, Salvatore Enrico Indiogine wrote:
> I am still not clear about the relationship between the Kolab client
> and Kontact.    Is the Kolab client an intermediary stage until Kontact
> is ready?  Do they share the same codebase.  I understand that Kontact
> is 80% KMail + Kontact + other KDE PIM components.
>
> Will the completed Kontact be a drop-in replacement for the Kolab
> client so that when KDE 3.2 is ready it can easily connect to the Kolab
> server on the LAN?

That depends on whether or not someone will fund the port. The kroupware 
project is a contract with the German BSI goverment office. In that 
contract there is no commitment to port it to the KDE development branch 
(KDE cvs HEAD).

I originally planned to do this in my spare time, since I have thoroughly 
enjoyed working on this project. But after seven months of debugging this 
project, I don't have the motivation to do it. And since noone else so 
far have stepped up to do this, I fear Kontact won't be a full Kolab 
client in KDE 3.2. I believe the only way this can happen is if someone 
will fund the port.

Sorry to give you the bad news here :-(

You also implicitly ask, what Kontact is. Kontact is just the separate KDE 
PIM (Personal Information Management) applications (KMail, KOrganizer, 
KAddressbook, KNotes, KNode...) running in a shared shell, to make it 
look like Outlook. There is no tighter integration between the different 
parts of it, it's only a visual change. It will still be possible to run 
all the applications as separate applications also.

Bo.

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     Bo Thorsen                 |   Praestevejen 4
     Senior Software Engineer   |   5290 Marslev
     Klarälvdalens Datakonsult  |   Denmark
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