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[Fabio Colella <fcole90@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is also the problem of background syncing. Is any service currently
available for that? Because it would be really weird if the user has to
wait with the app open while up or downloading..


2014-08-26 16:48 GMT+02:00 Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>
> On 26.08.2014 10:21, Mitchell Reese wrote:
>
>> Except that Owncloud syncs files as well as calendar & contacts. There
>> would need to be some way to choose which folders were going to be synced.
>> I'm guessing this will require some kind of front end.
>>
>
> Right... I didn't read your previous mail careful enough. Obviously the
> file sync does need some kind of setup ui. I was mostly referring to the
> contacts/calendar sync, as that's my main use case.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
>
>
>> M
>>
>> On 26/08/14 17:50, Michael Zanetti wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 26.08.2014 05:37, Mitchell Reese wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there any reason owncloudcmd couldn't be included in the default
>>>> builds? It would simplify our task enormously - at least as far as file
>>>> syncing goes. Then all we need to do is write a qml app for a front-end. We
>>>> can always expand on the idea later, but for now I'm thinking of something
>>>> very basic. So a question for the devs here - is this possible?
>>>>
>>>
>>> IMO there shouldn't even be a frontend app. You should just set up the
>>> account and it'll start syncing automagically. Pretty much how the google
>>> sync works.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Daniel, sorry I haven't been able to do more with your launchpad code -
>>>> been flat out with life at the moment. Will try and have a play with it
>>>> later tonight. Have you gotten contact & calendar sync working with
>>>> syncevolution? Thanks for all your work, and pushing this project ahead.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Mitchell
>>>>
>>>> On 25/08/14 00:10, Daniel Holm wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mitchell,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure about if there is a certain definition, but I'm using
>>>>> https for my instance. I just created a self-signed SSL certificate and
>>>>> added the to my Apache virtual server. There: https. So yes :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Exactly, and I might be mistaken, but I think that there is support to
>>>>> store that in the online accounts service.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree. I don't know how Ubuntu handles that. Which levels of
>>>>> operation that checks the certificate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>
>>>>> Den 23 aug 2014 23:25 skrev "Mitchell Reese" <
>>>>> projects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:projects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> >>:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Hi Daniel, I could be missing something, but owncloud does
>>>>>     support https - currently that's the authentication I'm using
>>>>>     for my own cloud server.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Its still password based (meaning we need to store it
>>>>>     somewhere), but it can be done over a secure (ish) connection.
>>>>>     Would be great however if we're able to have some functionality
>>>>>     to work with self-signed certificates - either by forcing them
>>>>>     as default, or having a popup to accept them if we need to.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Otherwise, great work!
>>>>>
>>>>>     Mitchell
>>>>>
>>>>>     On 24 Aug 2014 06:37, Daniel Holm <d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>     <mailto:d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Updates:
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > I've pushed some inital, not at all working code to both
>>>>> projects.
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Need the http auth knowledge now.
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Also, the owncloud app could possibly be a bookmark until it
>>>>>     can get the
>>>>>     > account details from the plugin.
>>>>>     > --
>>>>>     > Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>>>>>     >    Daniel Holm
>>>>>     >    IT Consultant
>>>>>     >    Web Developer
>>>>>     >    Student, Political Science
>>>>>     > d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>     > http://www.danielholm.se
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > lör 2014-08-23 klockan 16:45 +0200 skrev Daniel Holm:
>>>>>     > > Hi again,
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > So.
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > 1. I think we still should work with an account plugin for,
>>>>>     among
>>>>>     > > others, these reasons:
>>>>>     > > a: Users not knowing what Online accounts completely misses
>>>>>     the point by
>>>>>     > > that service in the Ubuntu platform, and since it is a
>>>>>     central part of
>>>>>     > > Ubuntu nowadays, and its connectivity, this is where we
>>>>>     should have our
>>>>>     > > plugin.
>>>>>     > > b: easier, and safer, to store the login details.
>>>>>     > > c: easier for other apps to use without reinventing the
>>>>>     [wheel] login
>>>>>     > > instructions every time.
>>>>>     > > d: using Online accounts gives the user the possibility to
>>>>>     accept or
>>>>>     > > reject each service that asks for the account details - like
>>>>>     oauth.
>>>>>     > > e: setting up the evolution data stuff is currently not
>>>>>     possible by pure
>>>>>     > > QML.
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > 2. I will start right now with an little UI (once I've set
>>>>>     up a demo OC
>>>>>     > > 7 site) that first of all lets a user input the server URL
>>>>>     and then
>>>>>     > > shows the site. I will push this to the project and give you
>>>>>     a shout so
>>>>>     > > that you guys can give it a go.
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > 3. I will give owncloud-qml a go with the latest OC version.
>>>>>     Maybe it
>>>>>     > > still works.
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > 4. Set up a few different branches on launchpad:
>>>>>     > > a: trunk - latest stable. Request a merge and another on the
>>>>>     team
>>>>>     > > accepts.
>>>>>     > > b: bleeding - push and merge the latest you got without asking.
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > 5. We might need some help from someone with more experience
>>>>>     with Online
>>>>>     > > accounts to push us forward.
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > 6. Since ownCloud doesn’t support OAuth we need to do a HTTP
>>>>>     auth, and
>>>>>     > > that's something I've never tried, so we might need some
>>>>>     help with that
>>>>>     > > if none other has some experience(?).
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > Rock and roll,
>>>>>     >
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