https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481527
Bug ID: 481527
Summary: Event created on local copy of Google calendar while
offline is missing from online Calendar
Classification: Applications
Product: korganizer
Version: 5.24.5
Platform: Arch Linux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: groupware
Assignee: kdepim-bugs@kde.org
Reporter: evors...@protonmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 165930
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Screenshot showing the event in KOrganizer
SUMMARY
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Events created on local copy of online Google Calendar while offline does not
show up when connected to the internet again.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Be offline, not connected to the internet.
2. Open Korganizer and add an event to a Google Groupware calendar.
3. Go Online and open Google Calendar.
4. Wait for calendars to synchronize
OBSERVED RESULT
The event added while offline never gets synchronized to the Google Groupware
calendar.
EXPECTED RESULT
Events added to the local copy of the Google calendar to be saved in a cache,
and added to the online version when the link to the internet is restored.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12
Kernel Version: 6.6.17-1-lts (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX
Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: TUXEDO
Product Name: PD5x_7xSNC_SND_SNE
System Version: Not Applicable
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I run own and run a tour company in Namibia that also provides services to the
film industry and some other things.
Having events synchronized between team members is absolutely critical.
It is also quite common to be completely outside of network connectivity and
still making scheduling decisions. Namibia is sparsely populated and not
everywhere has internet access.
I was hoping that I could use KOrganizer to add these events to the local copy
of the online calendar, and then have the changes propagated to the online
calendars when connectivity is restored.
When a person takes the time to set an event on a calendar, that event is most
likely very important to that person.
If the calendar in use is a shared one, that event is also likely important to
the other people that share that calendar. What I have been doing to date was
to write down the events on little bits of paper, and enter them online when I
have connectivity. Unfortunately some places have really poor internet
connections, and time may not be on my side when I have access to internet....
One other thing I have noticed is that changes made to this event that is only
present on the local copy of the groupware calendar are accepted, and silently
fails to be propagated to the online version, even if connected to the internet
at the time.
TL;DR:
KOrganizer should detect and resolve discrepancies between its local copy and
the online copy of shared calendars.
I see that there is two ways that this could be resolved...
Way 1. Compare the local copy of the calendar to the online version. Any events
that is on the local copy that is not on the online copy should trigger a
pop-up window saying that the event is not on the online version of the
calendar, would you like to create it on the online calendar, or delete it from
the local copy?
Way 2. When making changes to the local copy of the calendar, see if there is
an internet connection. If not, save all the commands that would have gone over
the internet to a local file.
When internet connection is restored, play back that file and put the changes
online.
There could be others, or maybe a combination of the two....
I tell you what, it is much, much more preferable to have duplicates of an
event, or an even annoyingly pop pup than missing an event completely.
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