[OGo-Users] Newbie question: OGo, Ubuntu, CalDAV/GroupDAV

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Well the website does some 'advertising' for OGo, that's what I meant.
> >> solutions on the GroupDAV site, we could only download and test
> >> Instant OGo which obviously doesn't manage write access. At least our
> > Why could you not download the Open Source packages?
> > ftp://ftp.opengroupware.org/
> Because nowhere on http://www.opengroupware.org I see any hint on  
> looking there. Instead, I see a section "Install" that says
> > You will find installation instructions for OpenGroupware.org on a  
> > per distribution basis.

Yes, I think that section is quite out of date and at best confusing.
The docs plone is probably better then the website proper.

> > buy a SKYRiX distribution of OGo or try the instant OGo CD
> Which lead us to try Instant OGo which is basically a 1.0 plus Linux  
> distro, right. Even under the "Install"->"Source" section, I don't  
> see any hint that points me to the ftp server.

Yep, I just went and looked and there are no links to the FTP server.
Almost humorous. 

> >> tests with Kontact and Sunbird failed.
> > I don't believe the Kontact's GroupDAV connector is viable;   
> > development
> > seems to have completely stalled.  The latest Sunbird, in CalDAV mode,
> > work fairly well in my tests.  The inverse.ca Thunderbird connector  
> > (for
> > address books) works pretty well assuming you don't have too much
> > information.
> Thanks, that's very valuable information.

I maintain a document that covers a fair amount of information about
OpenGroupware and is probably more current than the website.
http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/wmogag/file_view

Any comments or suggests are very much appreciated.

> >> So, my question is: where to get a newer version of OGo?
> > ftp://ftp.opengroupware.org/
> Thanks again. Is the ftp server prefered to http:// 
> download.opengroupware.org/ ? The latter I found today, as is linked  
> from some page nested deep in the "Install" section of the homepage.

Not that I can find;  a serious flaw.  The website is quite horrible.

> >> package for that distro. Should we go for the source package of the
> >> newest unstable release, try the Feisty package of 1.1.6/yummy (the
> >> list of distros is changing quite a lot between point releases) or
> > I'm not certain I understand what "list of distros is changing quite a
> > lot between point releases" means.  The list of distros for which  
> > there
> > are or have been ongoing/nightly builds is
> > ftp://ftp.opengroupware.org/nightly/packages (some of the very old
> > distributions are no longer updated).
> Ah, I looked into /releases/unstable and there I found different  
> releases each of which is available for a number of distributions.  
> The set of distributions varies a lot when comparing the different  
> releases. That's what I meant.

Ok.

> >> stick with 1.0.0? We would like to try out CalDAV / GroupDAV before
> >> we judge, if we want to deploy OGo ...
> > 1.0.0 is very old and will certainly NOT work as a CalDAV/GroupDAV
> > provider.  If you want to use CalDAV/GroupDAV you need a current
> > version.
> Okay. Since there is no stable release since 1.0.0, which version  
> should I use, the 1.1.7 tarball? We intend to deploy it if it works  
> as expected and usually I stick with stable releases for that ...

"Stable" in this case is a bit misleading;  all the releases are stable
in practice (IMHO).  "Stable" is a bit like Debian's "Stable",
updated/released very infrequently.  I'd use the nightly build or the
latest unstable release.  This is explained to a degree in 
http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/wmogag/file_view