There will be a hub.chandlerproject.org downtime today lasting about 60 minutes. We should be down from about 12:30-1:30pm Pacific.

We’re moving the Hub to a much faster, dedicated machine.

There should be no changes to the software or data so you shouldn’t see any impact except an inability to sync data or use the web UI.

– Jared

OSAF is pleased to announce the 0.6.1.1 update of Chandler Server (Cosmo)!

Chandler Server is a database, server, and web UI for storing and managing personal information such as events and tasks. It implements standards such as CalDAV, WebDAV, Atom, and Atom Publishing Protocol.

Chandler Server 0.6.1.1 is currently available for download at:

http://downloads.osafoundation.org/cosmo/releases/0.6.1.1/

and in subversion from:

http://svn.osafoundation.org/server/cosmo/tags/rel_0.6.1.1/

This release fixes two specific issues found in Cosmo 0.6.1 and is otherwise 100% backwards compatible with that version.

The first issue fixed is “Exceeding EIM field size on EXDATE”, <URL:https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9537>. This bug affected users trying to import a calendar which had a very large number of modifications to a single recurring event.

The second issue fixed is “Sharing error - “SyntaxError: unclosed token”, <URL:https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9606>. This problem could keep a user from syncing their collections if an incomplete alarm record was uploaded.

The free instance of Chandler Service provided at http://hub.chandlerproject.org/ has been upgraded with 0.6.1.1 and you are welcome to use that installation.

Send us feedback at: ‘chandler-users at osafoundation.org‘. We look forward to hearing from you!

To all users of the osaf.us sharing service:

Thank you for using the free OSAF sharing service, osaf.us. As the August 2007 release of Chandler Preview approaches, the official OSAF sharing service will move to hub.chandlerproject.org.

Please help us by moving your data from osaf.us to hub.chandlerproject.org. We have written instructions for doing this using Chandler Desktop here:

http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/DavToEimMigrationUserDoc

Chandler Preview uses a faster and more capable sharing system named EIM, available for free on hub.chandlerproject.org. So you’ll need to move your data to the new server to use all the features of Chandler Preview.

Going forward, only hub.chandlerproject.org will receive software updates and our fastest servers. Eventually osaf.us will be turned off, so please help us by moving your data when you get a chance.

Moving your data is not difficult to do. You’ll need to create a new account on hub.chandlerproject.org and update your application configuration to publish to the new server. Your sharing URLs will also change so you might need to contact you’re sharing collections with and give them updated info.

If you need any assistance, you can get help by sending a question to the chandler-users mailing list. We really want this move to go smoothly for you and would like to hear your feedback.

Thank you!

– Jared Rhine, OSAF sharing service manager