365020 - FAQ should mention interaction between iCal and Sunbird.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Calendar :: Website, defect)

Description

[Scott Roland]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

Currently the FAQ mentions that Sunbird works with iCal since the use the same file format. However, I think a note like the following should be added:

Note that iCal is currently not capable of cooperatively editing a network calendar file. If iCal is given write access to a network calendar file it assumes that it owns it and will overwrite any changes made from a different application (like Calendar/Sunbird). Calendar/Sunbird are capable of editing a networked calendar and incorporating edits made from another computer.

Reproducible: Always




I had assumed at first that I could share and edit the same calendar file from iCal and Sunbird (Windows). Only after experimentation did I discover that iCal keeps a local version of the calendar and overwrites the networked copy (and any changes made by another application). As far as I know and have experienced Sunbird does a decent job of allowing a calendar file to be edited from multiple machines.

Comment 1

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Fixed with a slightly shortened explanation.