273016 - failure to update webdav calendar not reported

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 271029

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Description

[orion]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

I am using secure webDav for remote storage of my calendar.  I accidentilly
deleted my .ics file today, and so replaced it with a local copy.  However,
ownership of this new file was not correct (was set to username:username,
instead of apache:apache).

So, when I went to add an event, it was never actually "uploaded" to the remote
calendar.  However, I was never notified of this failure.  In fact, the
behaviour of Sunbird was *exactly* the same as if it had been sucessful.  The
event was there, but only temporary (and locally), as the next sync with the
remote file resulted in its removal.

I should have been notified that the update was unsuccessful.  I lost a number
of different tasks and events that I added/modified because I thought it was
working when it really was not.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup webDav calendar access
2. Change ownership of the .ics file to someone other than the user who has
permission to modify in the webdav storage (in my case, apache:apache is the
correct ownership)
3. Modify calendar by added/completing task, or adding/deleting event.

Actual Results:  
The event is added, but only temporarily.  Upon syncing the calendar again
(either by forcing sync or by adding another event), the 1 event disappears. 
User was never notified that the update to remote server was not successful.

Expected Results:  
Notified user remote update was not successful.

Comment 1

[Michiel van Leeuwen (email: mvl+moz@)]

this should be fixed in bug 271029. If it isn't, please reopen this bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 271029 ***

Comment 2

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

The bugspam monkeys have been set free and are feeding on Calendar :: General. Be afraid for your sanity!