Hello, Thanks for your continued interest in Outlook Connector.
Yes we have been taking our time on this one haven't we :) The project is moving forward though. I am hoping that stable, functioning betas will attract new resources to the project in the future. But as you've suspected, as of now, resources are very limited. Quick status 1. MAPI Message Storage Provider and MAPI Transport provider both work. There hasn't been _any_ performance optimization on those yet, so expect a first run of >3mins and subsequent startups may take that long as well. Performance optimization is scheduled for last. But the core functionality for adding/deleting/modifying CalDAV events on CalDAV servers work and have been tested on Cosmo [ http://cosmo.osafoundation.org ] and Oracle CalDAV [ not released as yet ]. 2. The final major component left for development, The address book provider is being worked on. This where I've been spending my dev time lately. This will will allow the sharing of individual calendars. I estimate this component can be in Beta with a solid month on development; but that depends on our our other/paid projects are going. 3. Working on getting Bedework CalDAV [ http://bedework.org ] support done. 4. The MS2 is 'Milestone 2'. The current build on sourceforge is 'Milestone 1'. That was the first 'release' build of the project that would actually do something useful. It will add/modify/delete CalDAV events on a CalDAV server. MS2 fixes a few annoying bugs so that users can test individual calendars a bit more. It also introduces a new refactored set of objects in the two providers, and a stub provider for the adress book. I hope to put this out by Wednesday, but as usual things are being delayed by other projects, so maybe this weekend instead. As soon as it is verified that the recent changes have not broken the CalDAV protocol interaction with the supported servers ( Bedework, Cosmo, Oracle ), it will be released. After we have the address book provider working I will focus on speed/memory optimization and the random features that testers may require. The 3 month target is definitely doable. I'd like it to be more like 2. But that's not 100% up to me. Someone with very strong C++/Win32/ COM experience and has access to the relevant tools ( MSVC 2005, Outlook 2003 ) would make a _huge_ difference if they put in a 5+ hrs/week on this. Also access to funds to open tickets with MS, get other consultants, offset time expense would help as well. Best regards, Kervin --- Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been following this project since 2005 (and > occasionally before > then). Since the 6/12/06 Alpha release, there has > been no messaging on > the list. But I do see that the SVN has much more > activity, entirely by > Kervin (as is practically all development for the > length of the > project). Now some source is "Ready for server > testing, prior to MS2.", > but I don't know what that means. > > Is this a one-man project, with basically only > Kervin producing it? Has > it stalled? Is there any chance that it will produce > a releasable > connector within the next 3-9 months running as it > is currently? > -- > > (C) Matthew Rubenstein > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get > the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief > surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > otlkcon-devel mailing list > otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel
