[horde] Upgrade to Horde4, or stay with 3?

[Simon Brereton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: horde-bounces at lists.horde.org [mailto:horde-
> bounces at lists.horde.org] On Behalf Of Simon Wilson
> Hi all... I have been watching with interest the posts from people
> upgrading to H4 and am keen to do so, with some good functionality
> and improvements that will make several things easier for my family
> setup...
> 
> BUT there are a couple of things that I am hesitant about.
> 
> I have a full function H3 setup, with just about every app installed
> and in use. We use LDAP backend with LDAP Turba address books, Trean
> bookmarks, Kronolith, Nag, Ingo, Forums, even Ansel for family pics.
> I use Whups for logging issues, and Wicked for comments in Ansel... I
> use Passwd connected back into LDAP to enable single point password
> management of my Unix backend.
> 
> I use LDAP Groups to manage security to limit access to applications
> - I have some users who only have photo gallery access for example,
> and who I don't want to have access to the email system.
> 
> Whilst I like the look of the new H4 suite, I am also conscious that
> the current setup a) works; and b) does most of what I need. But the
> ability to sync contacts to the family's iPhones would be a godsend!
> 
> So I am after some advice - am I going to just break everything if I
> try and upgrade? Will Passwd still work? Or am I going to need to
> spend weeks redoing everything? Will the old H3 vintage apps not work
> at all? How will I manage Groups / Users security?
> 
> 
> If anyone can provide some advice that would be appreciated. Am I
> better off setting up a new parallel install, or upgrading the old
> one?

Simon

As far as I'm aware, H3 applications that haven't been ported won't work with H4 - so you would lose Ansel and Trean and Whups, etc.  But perhaps Jan will correct me on that.

My advice would be to leave it for a while - unless there's an H4 application feature you simply must have - and whilst the ActiveSync is compelling, I believe there's an easy work around.  If your contacts are stored in LDAP, you could set up a parallel H4 installation and just use that for the iphones sync.

Simon