[cosmo-dev] Is there any way to ask free/busy time using Chandler desktop client?

[Jeffrey Harris]

Hi Irina,

> We are developing our implementation of CalDav server on the basis of 
> the Cosmo server. Currently we are trying to implement free/busy time 
> CalDav requests from our non-standard database and for testing purposes 
> we are looking for some CalDav client which allows to ask free/busy time 
> for a user. So, the question is – does Chandler desktop support 
> free/busy time requests? If so – how can I ask free/busy time from the 
> CalDav server using Chandler desktop client? Are there any other CalDav 
> clients which support such feature? For example, we also have not found 
> it in Mac iCal client.

There is essentially never-used code for free-busy queries in Chandler 
Desktop, written a few years ago, that's currently commented out.

I don't have a handle on how much effort it would take to get that code 
working again; I'm afraid it would be a fair amount of effort, even for 
someone in-the-know about what's going on in Chandler's code-base.

It's a pity there aren't more CalDAV free-busy clients out there!  I 
think, though I'm not sure, that Mulberry (which has become free since 
we worked on free/busy in Chandler) may do freebusy, have you tried that?

Sincerely,
Jeffrey