News from LDAP and journal entries

news/gayoub/2011-04-25@22:10:59.rst

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+Two Features and One New Roadmap
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+
+Two features have just reached the master branch, and the roadmap has been
+refreshed.
+
+LDAP Authentication
+-------------------
+
+Thanks to Corentin, the LDAP authentication is now included in Radicale. The
+support is experimental and may suffer unstable connexions and security
+problems. If you are interested in this feature (a lot of people seem to be),
+you can try it and give some feedback.
+
+No SSL support is included yet, but this may be quite easy to add. By the way,
+serious authentication methods will rely on a "real" HTTP server, as soon as
+Radicale supports WSGI.
+
+Journal Entries
+---------------
+
+Mehmet asked for the journal entries (aka. notes or memos) support, that's
+done! This also was an occasion to clean some code in the iCal parser, and to
+add a much better management of multi-lines entries. People experiencing crazy
+``X-RADICALE-NAME`` entries can now clean their files, Radicale won't pollute
+them again.
+
+New Roadmap
+-----------
+
+Except from htpasswd and LDAP, most of the authentication backends (database,
+SASL, PAM, user groups) are not really easy to include in Radicale. The easiest
+solution to solve this problem is to give Radicale a CGI support, to put it
+behind a solid server such as Apache. Of course, CGI is not enough: a WSGI
+support is quite better, with the FastCGI, AJP and SCGI backends offered by
+`flup <http://trac.saddi.com/flup/>`_. Quite exciting, isn't it?
+
+That's why it was important to add new versions on the roadmap. The 0.6 version
+is now waiting for the Apple iCal support, and of course for some tests to kill
+the last remaining bugs. The only 0.7 feature will be WSGI, allowing many new
+authentication methods and a real multithread support.
+
+After that, 0.8 may add CalDAV rights and filters, while 1.0 will draw
+thousands of rainbows and pink unicorns (WebDAV sync, CardDAV, Freebusy). A lot
+of funky work is waiting for you, hackers!
+
+Bugs
+----
+
+Many bugs have also been fixed, most of them due to the owner-less calendars
+support. Radicale 0.6 may be out in a few weeks, you should spend some time
+testing the master branch and filling the bug tracker.