[conduit] New module and mailing list for Palm PDA syncing with Horde

[Marcus I. Ryan]

The primary purpose of this email is to let people know that there is
now a mailing list devoted to discussion of a Horde Conduit for Palm
HotSync: conduit at lists.horde.org.  From now on, please keep all
discussion of the conduit on this list.  You may ask questions, etc.,
but keep in mind we are VERY early in the development stage.

There will be no binaries created of the code until development is much
further.  However, if you have Visual Basic .NET, a CVS-HEAD version of
Horde, and all other prerequisites mentioned in the docs/INSTALL file,
you may assist in development with patches, comments, etc.  The module
is HordeConnect:

http://cvs.horde.org/cvs.php/HordeConduit?login=2

As for status, here is the commit message:

  Initial import of the Palm HotSync conduit for Horde into CVS.
  This supports setting up your Horde connection preferences and
  having Horde overwrite the handheld for Calendar, Notes, and Tasks.
  It does not yet support the address book, nor any other form of sync
  (except, of course, 'Do Nothing').

  There is still a lot of work that needs to be done to clean up and
  improve the *Conduit.vb class files so they are more generalized.

  This should get people started. Make sure you have Microsoft
  Visual Basic .NET installed (at the minimum) and all prerequisites
  (see docs/INSTALL and ThirdParty/)

  If someone wanted to write an installer, that would be great as well.

So development is alive and progressing.  Please keep discussion on the
lists, and PLEASE read all documentation before asking for help.  There
is no due date, expected release date, etc.; it's just far to early to
know any better answer than "months" and to note it will require Horde
HEAD being released, so not before that happens.

-- 
Marcus I. Ryan, marcus at riboflavin.net
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