Bug#692984: upstream binary / DAViCal / CardDAV problems on wheezy

[Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.com.au>]

On 29/08/13 14:57, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> At Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:21:20 +0200,
> Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> I have a Debian wheezy server running the DAViCal package
>>
>> On the desktop, I have icedove and iceowl-extension (Calendar).  They
>> work fine with the DAViCal server for calendar/tasks.  I've also tested
>> the Evolution client using DAViCal for contacts, that works fine too.
>>
>> I downloaded upstream's SOGo Connector plugin for ThunderBird 10 and
>> installed it in icedove.  It appears to install successfully and I can
>> define a "Remote Address Book", but I can't see any of the contacts in
>> DAViCal and I can't create any either.
>>
>> Is the ThunderBird 17 variant of this plugin more likely to work
>> successfully?
> The plugin is developed for SOGo and only tested on SOGo, so I don't
> think the newer version is more likely to work than the older
> version...
>

The way it is described on their web site:

SOGo "connector" plugin: suitable for "horizontal" deployment - generic
CalDAV/CardDAV for any server

SOGo "integrator" plugin: suitable for "vertical" deployment - uses
features specific to SOGo servers

There are many online forum discussions suggesting it works with DAViCal
and others.

Is icedove 17 likely to appear in backports any time soon?  I might try
building it on wheezy and run it with the SOGo connector 17 plugin to
see if it is more successful