There should NOT be a desktop built today that is NOT
fully
caldav/carddav/webdav aware. The basic critical
functionality they provide to
interface with groupware backends (eGroupWare - my
preference) is required in 2012.
Required? Maybe. Maybe not. :) I don't use any of those options. I'm not a gadget
freak and don't carry my life around in a gadget. I also am a privacy advocate and
will never post private information on any online service or cloud server. Yeah, I'm
weird. ;) I also see many home users not needing those options. Nonetheless, I build my
packages with those features because others use my packages.
If you look at the commit log for the 16th, you'll see that Tim moved those two
packages to the dependencies tree. I presume they remain optional dependencies like
avahi-tqt, but no longer are those packages cleverly hidden deep in Tim's web site.
:)
Darrell