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[Jim Nelson <jim@xxxxxxxxx>]

GNOME does allow defining a default calendar (System Settings -> Details
-> Default Applications), so that could be used by indicator-datetime as
well.  But as Charles pointed out, since indicator-datetime is
displaying calendar events, it should probably be keyed to a calendar
application that can display those same events as well.  If indicator-
datetime is opened up to "any" calendar app, like Lightning, then I
would think the user experience demands that indicator-datetime have an
internal interface into the application's known events, i.e.
liblightning, if such a thing existed.  I suppose a D-Bus interface
could be spec'd out, sort of like Messaging Menu, but I'd be happy with
just using the .desktop file as a first step.  (To be clear, I'm not
wedded to my proposed key names, I was just being verbose for clarity's
sake.)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308296

Title:
  Allow for other calendar applications to register with Unity calendar
  indicator

Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  It appears that Unity's calendar indicator (in the global menu, right-
  side of the screen) is hardwired to launch Evolution if an event is
  selected.  In System Settings, the only checkbox relevant to this is
  to show "Coming events from Evolution Calendar".

  It'd be nice if instead the Unity calendar indicator would launch the
  user's chosen default calendar application.

  I'm not suggesting that the calendar indicator quit using Evolution
  Data Server for calendar information, just which application is
  launched in response to a user event.

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