Re: Proposed: evolution-webcal

[William Jon McCann <mccannwj pha jhu edu>]

evolution-webcal is very useful program that efficiently solves a well 
defined problem: adding web calendars to evolution-data-server.

I think it is a very good addition to the desktop.

Rodney Dawes wrote:
> Because you don't need evolution to use it. It subscribes you to web
> calendars. It doesn't create or publish them. It allows you to install
> evolution-data-server and subscribe to remote calendars, if the only
> thing you want a calendar for, is to see the Sox schedule in your clock
> applet, for example.
>
> There are other issues, in that it isn't possible to disable or delete
> these calendars, without evolution, but I think that is a problem that
> the clock applet or other similar apps should take care of. The entire
> point of this utility is to subscribe to web calendars, and not require
> a running evolution (or even an installed evolution), to do it.

I don't think adding anything else to the clock applet is the way to go. 
  Perhaps something like an evolution-data-server-ui module could be 
created.  It might include:

 - what is now evolution-webcal
 - e-source manager
 - event / task editor
 - etc.

Sounds like JP has this sort of thing in the plan for Evolution 2.6 (ie. 
"configuration of e-d-s without the evolution client").  But that is a 
long way off.

Jon