Hello David, Monday, July 9, 2007, 6:31:02 AM, you wrote:
> One of my goals with Angstrom is to have basic PIM apps that work on my > Zaurus and also work on my desktop, so I can copy my appointment > calendar and contacts, etc., to all of my machines. > I was pleased as punch to see that both Angstrom and my desktop (debian > sid) had gpe-*. But, but. The calendar on the desktop is not as recent > a version as on Angstrom, so the data files are incompatible. Well, OK, > maybe debian will catch up soon enough. But with the latest upgrade > (7/5 I think) all of a sudden even my old calendar data cannot be read > by the new calendar, because the format has changed again. > So, will this continue? You bet. GPE PIM suite while being developed long enough, still hardly developed enough, so regular incompatible refactors may be expected. Of course, that's a wild guess, you'd better communicate with GPE developers to stay in good loop. > It would be nice if at least the new versions > of gpe-calendar would read the old files, but that is a topic for > elsewhere. Yes, so now that with Angstrom we finally stay current with the latest software developments, now very important question comes out - data management and migration. After all, only data is what's important, software inherently sucks, right? ;-) But don't hold your breath for someone do that for you - all developers are busy with software elaboration, and simply don't resources to maintain users' data. So, scratch your itch - there for sure should be support for data migration, and if people who really need it won't bother to do it, it simply will never appear at all. > It seems that maybe gpe-calendar/contacts/todo is not the way to go. > Alternatives? Something also in debian, or compilable separately from > the entier OE distribution, would be nice. OpenHand's PIM suite (http://pimlico-project.org/ ) is another suggested alternative, but don't hold your breath either - just few months ago its apps were at 0.1, and you likely would be the first user to compare it with original GPE PIM suite. It also uses EDS Embedded, which may alleviate migration issues or vice versa make them more complex. -- Best regards, Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
