SyncEvolution 1.1.99.5 "beyond SyncML"
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Release 1.1.99.5 is the first release candidate for 1.2. It has gone
through a long stabilization period and thus is suitable for normal users.
For those not familiar with the project, SyncEvolution synchronizes
personal information management (PIM) data like contacts, calenders,
tasks, and memos using the SyncML or the CalDAV/CardDAV protocols.
Up to and including 0.9.2, a third-party SyncML server was required.
Since 1.0, SyncEvolution itself is able to act as a SyncML server,
both via HTTP and Bluetooth (direct sync with phones).
Changes 1.1.1 -> 1.1.99.5
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The major new feature of the 1.2 release is support for non-SyncML
protocols in general and CalDAV/CardDAV in particular. ActiveSync
support is in development. These protocols are implemented as backends
which are combined with other backends by SyncEvolution in a so called
"local sync". The GTK sync-ui does not yet support configuring
non-SyncML protocols. See the README and man page for more information
on how to use the new feature via the command line:
http://syncevolution.org/documentation/syncevolution-usage
Properties not supported by SyncML servers can now be preserved
locally in two-way synchronization (BMC #15030). This depends on
information about what properties a SyncML server supports ("CtCap"),
which is typically not provided by servers. SyncEvolution contains a
copy of that information for Google Contacts (BMC #15029).
Akonadi backend and KWallet support were merged. They are not included
yet in
syncevolution.org binaries. To use them compile from source.
The configuration format was updated to solve a conceptual problem
inherited with the legacy property names: the "type" property had
multiple, sometimes conflicting roles. For example, setting the
preferred data format for sync with one peer might have changed the
backend selection for some other peer (BMC #1023). Now
"backend/databaseFormat/syncFormat/forceSyncFormat" replace
"type". "type" is still accepted by the command line as alias.
Old configurations can still be read. But writing, as it happens
during a sync, must migrate the configuration first. In contrast to
earlier, more experimental releases in the 1.2 series, 1.1.99.5 and
later automatically migrate configurations. The old configurations
will still be available (see "syncevolution --print-configs") but must
be renamed manually to use them again under their original names with
older SyncEvolution releases.
Other changes:
* a problem with enabling release mode required replacing 1.1.99.5
with a fixed 1.1.99.5a release
* syncevo-http-server was enhanced considerably. See
http://syncevolution.org/wiki/http-server-howto
* support NetworkManager API >= 0.9 (BMC #19470)
* Sync mode is recorded when running in SyncML server mode (BMC #2786).
* syncevo-dbus-server automatically stops when some of its libraries
are updated and restarts if auto-syncing is on (BMC #14955).
* Using the --sync-property and --source-property command line options is
optional, just specifying the property assignment is enough.
* Added support for Buteo, mKCal and QtContacts in MeeGo.
Buteo and mKCal were removed again from MeeGo, so the code
is obsolete. The QtContacts backend may be still be useful
to access items via that API, but for syncing on MeeGo
the normal EDS backend is used since MeeGo reverted back
to EDS as PIM storage.
* code cleanup and various minor fixes/improvements, see ChangeLog
Source, Installation, Further information
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http://syncevolution.org/blogs/pohly/2011/syncevolution-11995-beyond-sync...
Source snapshots are in
http://downloads.syncevolution.org/syncevolution/sources
i386, amd64 and lpia binaries for Debian-based distributions are
available via the "unstable"
syncevolution.org repository. Add the
following entry to your /apt/source.list, then install
"syncevolution-evolution":
deb
http://downloads.syncevolution.org/apt unstable main
These binaries include the "sync-ui" GTK GUI and were compiled for
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy). Older distributions like Debian 4.0 (Etch) can
no longer be supported with precompiled binaries because of missing
libraries, but the source still compiles when not enabling the GUI (the
default).
The same binaries are also available as .tar.gz and .rpm archives in
http://downloads.syncevolution.org/syncevolution/evolution. In contrast
to 0.8.x archives, the 1.x .tar.gz archives have to be unpacked and the
content must be moved to /usr, because several files would not be found
otherwise.
After installation, follow the
http://syncevolution.org/documentation/getting-started steps.
--
Patrick Ohly, on behalf of everyone who has helped
to make SyncEvolution possible:
http://syncevolution.org/about/contributors