399744 - Create scp scheme to allow ics provider to sync via ssh [extension fodder]

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 179456

(Calendar :: Import and Export, enhancement)

Description

[Charles]

User-Agent:       Opera/9.23 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)
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I tried to sync my calendar with my server but I think I don't know much about the current calendar protocols used by Sunbird (caldav, ics). I think most people are not familiar with these protocols either. Worse, I think most servers don't offer support for these protocols.

I actually expected to be able to use protocols such as the popular FTP, SFTP or SCP. I think these would be much better. With one click, Sunbird could extract the calendar as XML, zip it and send it to a remote server, or the other way around: download off the server the zip file, extract it and import it.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

FTP already works using an ftp protocol url.

supporting scp would also include sftp support, since both go over ssh. This is something that could be done by creating a scheme to read and write via scp, which can be done as an extension. Maybe necko even supports something like this.

Comment 2

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Duplicate of Bug 179456?

Comment 3

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

I agree.