[Cosmo-dev] ical bug with VALUE=DATE-TIME parameter in .ics

[randy at osafoundation.org]

> On 10/3/07, Randy Letness <randy at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> I would rather offer client specific exports than to patch the base
>> export because its impossible to offer a one-size-fit-all icalendar
>> export.  Of course we should notify the client developers for those
>> clients that don't adhere to the icalendar spec.
>
> if you really feel the need to do this, and you can do it in a way
> that doesn't wreck the nice layered design we have in the dav
> subsystem, then go ahead, but i think you're setting yourself up for
> no less trouble doing user agent negotiation.

I don't feel the need, but if we want to support clients that require
certain restrictions on the icalendar exported, then I would rather do it
with client specific exporters.  I'm all for closing the bug as "works as
designed", but I guess its better to get more clients working with the
server.

-Randy