vcs Support 0.7b1

vcs Support 0.7 beta 1 has been released and is available from here. this is a beta release. If you wish to use the current stable release, see vcs Support 0.6.3 at addons.mozilla.org.

There are a number of significant changes in this version, and it should be noted that it is still very much a beta release (and subject to lots of bugs and the possibility of eating your information), so do not use it with critical information.

Firstly, this beta is only compatible with version 1.0pre of Sunbird and Lightning, and version 3.0a1 abd up of Thunderbird. These are the latest development builds of these products and contain significant changes themselves over their current stable versions. I hope to have the final version of 0.7 compatible with versions 0.9 of Sunbird and Lightning, and version 2 of Thunderbird.

It is now possible to subscribe to a vcs calendar through the subscribe option in the file menu. The process is the same as subscribing to an ics calendar, except for choosing vcs instead of ics. To subscribe to a local vcs calendar, you need to choose Network Calendar and the local address of the file (with a file:/// prefix).

It also is now possible to import a file using a command line argument (-import). This is not limited to .vcs files, and should work for all Sunbird and Lightning compatible file types. This is reported as an enhancement in bugzilla at bug 261460. This function has only been tested on local files, so I don't know how well it will work with remote calendars. One major issue with the command line importer is that it will only import into the default calendar (for now).

I am extremely interested in getting feedback on these new features, especially regarding what bugs might exist. Either fill out the support form or email vcssupport1@gmail.com giving as much detail about the problem as possible.