[kronolith] kron CVS HEAD issues/questions

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Cliff Green <green@UMDNJ.EDU>:

> I'm not really sure how we should deal with this.  The *content* is the
> same, but the salient difference is the MIME type/file extension.  That 
> is, we're not really using any iCal-specific features, that I can think 
> of.  (Okay, we've changed the VERSION property to 2.0, but I think that's 
> about it.)   For example, Palm Desktop also wants vCal attachments, but if 
> you save an iCal attachment from kronolith, and import it to Palm 
> regardless of the file extension, it's happy to digest the information and 
> display it properly.
> 
> The only thngs that come to mind are unsatisfactory, e.g.:
> -send the same attachment twice, once with each mimetype
> -have an option for which mimetype you want to send (i.e., your default
>  calendar type)
> 
> Too bad kronolith doesn't have an ESP module, to sense what kind of
> client is at the other end...

Yeah - I'm really not sure what we're supposed to do about this - iCalendar
is the current and correct MIME type, the data's pretty much the same, and
we'll probably eventually rely on it (over the old, deprecated vCalendar) ...

-chuck

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