[dev] kronolith, turba, mnemo, nag external api

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Karsten Fourmont <fourmont at gmx.de>:

> the syncml module uses the external api in api.php of kronolith, turba,
> mnemo, and nag.
>
> There are some issues with the api when it comes to horde sources
> (source= which notepad|tasklist|calendar to work on).
>
> 1) The listBy functions need an additional (optional) source parameter .
> Currently it returns data for all sources, whether the user can access
> them or not. that's plain wrong. If the parameter is not provided, the
> default source will be used. Like for import and export.
>
> 2) The list function currently returns all uids of all sources the user
> is allowed to see (or for nag: has set in GLOBALS['display_tasklists']).
> I'd like to add a source parameter here too and make the default to list
> only the data of the default source, rather than all sources. So all api
> functions have the same semantics: work on the default source unless a
> specific source is provided. If you really want data from all sources,
> you can still retrieve the list of all sources via the api.

I've resisted this in the past, but I'm convinced now. I agree this is needed.

-chuck

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