[nag] feature request - possible consulting job

Wed Jul 15 05:46:13 UTC 2015

  Citat af Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> 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
>>>>> http://www.horde.org
>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/hordeproject
>>>>> https://www.twitter.com/hordeproject
>>>>>
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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
> The Horde Project
> http://www.horde.org
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Hey

Just thinking from inside the box and out.

Would it be possible to get the Thunderbird / lightning support via
kronolith?
I know kronolith is a big mouthfull.
But PARTSTAT / vTodo support in Kronolith could cover both Nag and Whups.

Or perhaps i should just be silent.... :-)

/erling