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

On Sa. 22.09.2012 15:36, gNeandr wrote:
> 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?

Then my calendar would show the event *twice*. Anyhow, I just tested it 
(via copy & paste), and the copied event is also not editable.
-- 
Regards,
Peter Lairo

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391057
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436259
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446444

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