On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 00:01 +0100, Vasco Steinmetz wrote:
> Well with Gentoo adding OpenSync support could be realized either by
> introducing a use-flag for the sync-engine package (if
> necessary at all) and copying the plugin file accordingly during the build
> (that is, outside of setup.py).
> Since the ebuild knows which version of OpenSync is installed it can copy the
> proper plugin depending on the installed OpenSync
> version to its correct location.
>
This sounds right - I think.... - I don't use Gentoo so I'm guessing a
little. However, all the ebuild needs to do is run
synce-install-plugins.py to copy the plugins once the files are copied.
> Installing it on other distros (APT, RPM) may be a bit more complicated -
> going through setup.py would be more feasible there.
>
> Are those OpenSync plugins actually an integral part of sync-engine?
>
Yes. They are OpenSync plugins, but will not function without
sync-engine.
> There are still packages named 'synce-multisync-plugin-0.9.0' and
> 'libopensync-plugin-synce-0.20' in the main gentoo tree.
> I suppose the latter, being unmaintained and hardmasked though, provided the
> plugins for earlier versions of opensync.
>
I think these are the pre-WM5 packages and plugins - incompatible with
WM5/6.
> Sticking to that scheme would mean splitting/forking the opensync plugins off
> the sync-engine directory into a separate package, one
> for opensync 0.2x and one for 0.3x+ that could be downloaded/installed
> accordingly.
Probably best not to split the plugins from sync-engine. They won't work
without each other.
> Just trying to get my WM6 Hermes/TyTN/Trion/Vario synced to Kontact with
> KitchenSync... ;)
Does KitchenSync use Opensync? Just wondered - I use KDE as a work
environment but do all my syncing from the command line with msynctool.
John.
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