Re: Please allow me to change event details for event invitations I've accepted

On 22.09.2012 11:19, Peter Lairo wrote:
> On Fr. 21.09.2012 18:31, gNeandr wrote:
>> On 21.09.2012 11:00, Peter Lairo wrote:
>>> Please allow me to change event details for event invitations I've
>>> accepted.
>>>
>>> Is there a bug for this? Is nay developer interested in this?
>>
>> AFIU the RFC defines only the organizer is allowed to change the event
>> details.
>> Need to change the RFC first?
>
> As long as the local change doesn't affect the shared details, and as
> long as the shared details are preserved (e.g., as a "View original
> event details" tab), then there is no need to "change the RFC"[1], and
> the very good reasons to give the user the control of his event details
> prevail.
>
> Note: Many event organizers are managers or secretaries who have little
> knowledge or interest in providing adequate details for an event
> invitation; they just want you to "be there" because they said so. The
> interest and priorities between inviters and invitees are often very
> different, and every invitee has different levels of details that they
> want to have in "their" event.
>
> [1] BTW: Referring only to the RFC and ignoring the users' needs is a
> major reason OSS often fails to attract a majority of users; and e.g.,
> *one* of the reasons why, unfortunately, Internet Explorer 4 + ActiveX
> was successful and the "better" Netscape died).
>
How about copying the event for your "local" use?