On Nov 21, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Stroller wrote:
My opinion / perception: the calendarserver.org version would be great for Linux users / sys admins if someone packaged it properly, but that's obviously not something that Apple are interested in providing. I believe there may be some Debian packages, but I don't know how good they are.
FWIW, I had a pre-existing debian-based server in my house, and I use the debian calendar server packages. They work just fine, and I sync all my macs and two iphones to it. When I started using it, it was not easy to set up distinct users in the cal server without using LDAP or some directory service, and that was too complicated for my purposes. So, instead, I created one user, and several calendars under that user, with each person in the family having a calendar. Yes, that means that everybody in the family can edit anybody else's calendar, but that's okay for now.
I'm not really clear WHY Apple provide the calendarserver.org open- source version, because it seems fairly clearly like it's not intended to be an easy solution for end users, and all I read here is of people having pain with it.
I can't speak for their motivation, but I'm certainly pleased that they provide it. --- Chris Cleeland