Bug#906853: ITP: tbsync -- [Thunderbird Add-On] Sync contacts, tasks and calendars to thunderbird. Currently supporting Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) and sabre/dav (CalDAV & CardDAV)
Hello Hednrik,
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 09:45:19PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
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> >Synchronize Exchange ActiveSync accounts (contacts, tasks and
> >calendars) to Thunderbird, supports Office 365, Outlook.com,
> >Freenet, Strato, Hotmail, Kopano and other EAS compatible servers.
>
> While this is a long list, none of these are free software. Maybe you
> can add compatible free software servers? (Horde?)
if you know some FOSS based server TbSync that is also working with this
AddOnn I'd say it's absolutely no problem to add them to the list too.
The list of possible use cases here is mostly longer than for the
proprietary products. So far I know the main intention behind TbSync
(and other connectors) was to add the possibility to let Thunderbird and
the Lightning AddOn also use some proprietary backends that are
unfortunately really common in bigger 'professional' environments.
> Also "EAS compatible" is very unspecific, it usually refers to a
> minimum and maximum supported version.
EAS is a abbreviation for Exchange Actice Sync as you know for sure. So
it's very obvious which product is behind that protocol. For the short
description of this package the description is absolutely correct. The
points you meant is something for the long description and/or some
extra Readme file within the package.
If you feel uncomfortable with the package description please take some
time and provide a patch which could be applied later or at least
provide some modified text that the maintainer can later use to improve
the package description.
Unspecific things like 'this could' or 'this isn't' aren't really
helpful, most of the maintainers I know are open for improvements if
they are done in a constructive way.
Please also note, this here is an ITP report. The meaning is basically
to show other people that someone is intended to package a software. I
agree mostly on your points, but don't be disappointed if the package
will start in package without your points reconsidered.
Regards
Carsten
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