[GroupDAV] Update on GroupDAV connector

[Mathew McBride]

Hello all,

Just an update to break the long silence from me.

I've been stretched out doing work on various projects other than the
GroupDAV connector, but there has been some good work on it recently.

There will be a new release later this week for Funambol 5 - bundled with
servlets to fix issues plaguing Palm Synthesis users - I've tracked down
parsing bugs which affect some events created by Synthesis. Some other bug
fixes will be included. Hopefully, that will be the last release for
Funambol 5, unless someone comes to me asking for a special deployment
before 6.5 is out.

The next connector version will be for Funambol 6.5 - (currently in public
preview by Funambol). New features will be tasks support, 'plug-in' support
for customizing connector functions and multiple GroupDAV sources for each
connector instance. We'll also be able to finally benefit from Funambol's
phone-support package which improves compatibility. End of next month I hope
to be releasing beta 6.5 releases.

To make installation easier, I intend to distribute both the Funambol 5
update and the Funambol 6.5 connector within a customized ds-server,
probably a repacked Funambol install package. This has an added advantage of
being able to include synclets which I've made for S60 and Synthesis.

Also, I want to hear from anyone interested in GroupDAVOSX  - the OS X Sync
services bridge which allows ical, entourage and others to use groupdav
calendars. I haven't worked any further past the preview release, but once
Leopard comes out I'll be having another look to keep it alive . If I can
get an idea of how many are interested testing etc, I'll plan to set some
time on it