[GroupDAV] Funambol 6.0 and other connector updates

[Adam Tauno Williams]

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> Some have emailed me to ask what will be happening with regards to Funamb=
ol
> 6.0, which was released last week after some time in beta.
> At the moment I'm focusing on fixing bugs in the current connector series=
.
> Since the sync source API's are forwards and backwards compatible not a l=
ot
> of work needs to be done (most likely none at all!), but since Funambol 6=
.0
> is deployed differently on Tomcat, the external libraries may need to be
> placed back within the module package. If anyone wishes to try right now,
> I'd like to hear how you go on. I'll try and attack it with the next few
> days.

Ah!  Maybe that is why I haven't been able to get any sparkage with the
connector under 6.0/6.0beta :)

> Anyway, there is a new connector, 1838, which has fixes for all day event=
s,
> particularly in Symbian S60, at
> http://comalies.citadel.org/~matt/funambol/latest/1838/ .
> Included in the package are two synclets for Funambol which can be instal=
led
> to modify the data being sent/received within Funambol's data pipeline
> (pre/post connector) - the two scripts included will insert an X-attribut=
e
> to tell Symbian's calendar of all day events. I haven't tested this relea=
se
> (1838) as much as previous ones, however.

Do you happen to know if the Synthesis client requires such a flag for
all-day events?

> Some, myself included, have had sporadic problems with the contacts
> syncsource. If you end up with an exception during sync, please send me a
> logfile.=20
> (Its my intention that contacts sync source will be completely rewritten =
to
> support multiple GroupDAV sources and allow some pre-processing similar t=
o
> Funambols synclets to combat problems with behavior among different clien=
ts.
> The calendar sources will be modified with multi-source support as well)

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