[nag] feature request - possible consulting job

Tue Jul 14 22:39:06 UTC 2015

Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> Quoting Erling Preben Hansen <erling at eph.dk>:
>
>> Citat af Sebastian Birnbach <birnbacs at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> for the moment suppoort of accepted/declined would answer our most urgent
>>> needs. Not believing my luck after reading your mail I looked again but
>>> no,
>>> I could't find a corresponding checkbox in Nag. I also looked in the
>>> backend database for a corresponding field but could not find one. Is it
>>> possible that any extra modules must be installed on top of Nag?
>>>
>>> The assignee will be "internal" in that he/she is ar regular Horde user,
>>> the setting you proposed may not be required. Having said that, I was not
>>> able to  "configure Nag to allow external assignees via the
>> configuration
>>> screen". I looked in the Administrator settings unter HTTP interface.
>>> Could
>>> you please be a little more specific where to find the setting?
>>>
>>> As for the consulting: having been IT consultant for some time myself I
>> am
>>> trying to avoid a hen-and-egg-problem. As soon as I know exactly what I
>>> want I shall get back to Horde LLC. I will probably need a few small bits
>>> at first and may have a larger project later on. BTW: the time horizon
>>> is a
>>> few weeks for supporting accepted/declined in Horde and until fall for
>>> Thunderbird/Lightning support.
>>>
>>> Sebastian
>>>
>>> 2015-07-13 16:56 GMT+02:00 Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> Quoting Sebastian Birnbach <birnbacs at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>> we are using Nag for organising work in a smaller company. We have
>>>>> remote
>>>>> workers who carry out specific jobs, e.g. typing a dictate or
>>>>> producing a
>>>>> CAD illustration from a sketch. To provide better
>>>>> automatisation/integration we need at least one additional feature in
>>>>> Horde/Nag. We realise that a feature request to the dev team would
>>>>> probably
>>>>> not meet our time requirements, so a paid consulting job may be
>>>>> acceptable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is what we have in mind:
>>>>>
>>>>> * support of participation status for tasks (see
>>>>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545#section-3.2.12)
>>>>> * complete with UI components for status display/manipulation in Nag's
>>>>> HTML
>>>>> interface
>>>>> * access to task status via Nag API
>>>>> * E-Mail notifications on status changes:
>>>>>   new task in shared to-do list (mail to delegatee)
>>>>>   optional: task accepted (mail to delegator)
>>>>>   optional: task declined (mail to delegator)
>>>>>   optional: task completed (mail to delegator)
>>>>> * ideally compatible with Mozilla Thunderbird / Lightning (iCal or
>>>>> CalDAV
>>>>> connection)
>>>>>
>>>>> There may be more consulting jobs required *later*. For instance we are
>>>>> looking for a way to include task deliverables when closing a task
>>>>> (delegatee attaches the results of his work to the task and marks the
>>>>> task
>>>>> as completed).
>>>>>
>>>>> I am looking forward to hearing from you if you're interested in taking
>>>>> the
>>>>> job. Please share your ideas on how much effort implementation is
>> likely
>>>>> to
>>>>> be, measured in consulting time and/or in price.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, if there is anybody else who needs such functionality and is
>>>>> willing
>>>>> to contribute to funding the implementation, please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> There was actually already some work towards this done in Git master
>>>> while
>>>> integrating ActiveSync and supporting the responses that
>> Outlook/Exchange
>>>> sends in TNEF files. The UI doesn't currently include much more than the
>>>> completed/not-completed toggle and the accepted/denied status of the
>>>> assignee, but there is already API support for updating attendees'
>>>> PARTSTAT
>>>> from incoming iTip responses, ability to generate iTips on task
>>>> updates/status changes and IMP's iTIP viewer was extended to display and
>>>> handle the Task iTips (including sending the accepted/denied response).
>>>> In
>>>> order to enable it, you must configure Nag to allow external assignees
>>>> via
>>>> the configuration screen.
>>>>
>>>> As far as the rest of it goes, you don't mention your time frame. You
>> are
>>>> correct though, in that the dev team (most of which also consult through
>>>> Horde LLC) is quite time-strapped at the moment. However, if you would
>>>> like
>>>> to discuss more specifics off-list, you can email additional
>>>> comments/info
>>>> to info at horde.org - which goes directly to our consulting business'
>>>> ticketing system.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> mike
>>>> The Horde Project
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>> Hey
>>
>> Perhaps i am interfering in something. But anyway.......
>>
>> This does sound as a job for Whups.
>> But i don't know about the Thunderbird/lightning support.
>
> Sure. Whups would be great for just assigning/tracking tickets. This  
> is more about supporting standard PARTSTAT support, which would work  
> over any vTodo/iTip interaction.

For the sake of completeness, after receiving more information about  
the requirements off-list, I would have to agree that this does seem a  
better fit for Whups, though the Thunderbird integration would be lost  
since there is nothing on the Thunderbird/lightning side to even  
integrate it with - though some functionality might be available by  
passing email directly into Whups.

-- 
mike
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