OpenSync version for 8.04 (Re: Hardy: Time for sync project focus and here is how)

[Michael Banck]

Hi, 

thanks for the pointer.

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 03:22:06PM -0400, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
> It's interesting Mandriva claims they have (or will have) flawless sync'
> ing in their 2008 Spring release.
> 
> I have not followed the discussion here very closely but it may be worth
> it to take a look at the announcement and discussion in OSNews.com,
> which includes some details on what would be needed to bring this to
> other distros (including a user stating he' s working on packages for
> Hardy). Apologies in advance if this is already on your radar:
> http://www.osnews.com/comments/19481

I talked to their opensync packager today again, and they are mostly
using kitchensync as GUI, plus opensync-0.22.  I never personally tried
kitchensync and do not know about its status in hardy right now.

The main problem they have with kitchensync is that it fails when kdepim
is running, so users have to close it.  Kind of annoying.

They also integrated synce (Windows Mobile) and barry (Bluebarry)
hardware support.  The nice thing is that at least synce doesn't need
any configuration from the opensync side, so even multisync-gui is
bearable, as you just have to select whether you want to sync with GNOME
(evolution) or Kde (kdepim), and do not get presented with the
in-multisync-gui XML "editor" to tune your config, as is the case
currently with irmc, palm etc. (the evolution or kdepim plugins do not
need configuration for the usual cases as well).


Michael