Hello! Please remember to do group replying, at least for Buteo. Thanks! Hmm, I just noticed that the copy of the email received via the mailing list does not show all people that I originally had on CC, which defeats the whole idea. Trying again, this time without full names...
On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 10:10 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > Out of curiosity, why a new project instead of reusing SyncEvolution > (and adding the missing features?) I suppose Nokia didn't know about it when they started with Buteo. Once this was discussed, it was too late to change direction under the given constraints (staffing, time frame for the next release, etc.). But this is becoming off-topic, let's focus on technical questions here. > In the wiki page, one can see: > > * Device to device synchronization of PIM data (Contacts and Calendar for > > now) based on SyncML > > * Device to cloud synchronization of PIM data (ovi.com, Scheduleworld.com > > etc.) based on SyncML > > * Synchronization of media content to PC based on MTP > > * Device to PC synchronization (currently only OviSuite, but this requires > > contract with OviSuite to support a particular device) > > Why no “device to PC” using SyncML over bluetooth? It's quite > convenient, especially since OviSuite isn't usable for a lot of people > and since “device to device” seems already possible I guess it's just a > special case with “device is a PC”. Yes. But beware, the Wiki page describes the Buteo design, not the current implementation or how it is used in a product. Right now, device to MeeGo device synchronization is not possible with the available code because there is no code which hooks up Buteo with incoming OBEX/Bluetooth connections (feature request pending, http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3868). > (and I do hope that not just one calendar will be syncable, as it's the > case on N900/Fremantle) This is problematic with SyncML, because most servers and devices only support one calendar. SyncEvolution can be configured to synchronize more than one calendar per sync session, both in the client and server mode. ScheduleWorld has a sync URL hack where different calendars can be selected by configuring ScheduleWorld multiple times and running different sessions. Regarding Buteo, this has two aspects: can it be done with the code (on topic for this list), and will it be supported by products (off-topic). I guess it should work technically, but is probably untested and there might be some corner cases to take care of (there's a locking mechanism for "calendar" data, and I don't know whether a sync session may get that lock twice for two different databases or has to ensure that it only asks once). -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter. _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
