Re: Proper Web Calendar [Was: GNOME 2.7/2.8 Proposed Schedule]

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 21:49 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Rodrigo Moya">
> 
> > cool! Does that tool use the e-d-s API? If not, that would make it easier,
> > since you'll have access to all timezones, etc. Although I guess the best
> > is to use UTC times always on that calendar.
> 
> No, it's just a web app. :-) It will have to use a mix of local timezones
> for things like conference schedules and timezone independent dates for
> things like release events (like the 2.7 ics now).
> 
oh, ok, I thought it was only for releases and stuff like that (all-day
events).

> (Generating external ics files with Evo is a bit fiddly. It sticks too much
> extra stuff in, as it's designed more for desktop calendaring than calendar
> publishing. That's not a fault, just a design choice. Does it do any tidying
> when uploading ics files?)
> 
no, it doesn't, or shouldn't. That code is mostly new, so might need
some fixes, although I'm pretty sure it does not do any tidying. What
would you like it to do?

cheers