Bug 148827 - new event: please keep in sync date&time end and recurrence ending date
Summary: new event: please keep in sync date&time end and recurrence ending date
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: korganizer
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
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Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2007-08-14 21:03 UTC by Maciej Pilichowski
Modified: 2007-08-15 23:00 UTC (History)
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2007-08-14 21:03:30 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

By this I mean, that if choose recurrent event the date&time end should be disabled really because it is not relevant here (and in current implementation it misinforms the user).
Comment 1 Bram Schoenmakers 2007-08-14 22:21:48 UTC
Call me numb, but again I don't know exactly what you mean. What exactly do you want to see disabled and why?
Comment 2 Maciej Pilichowski 2007-08-15 15:24:15 UTC
In general an event has a start and an end, right? With start there is no problem in Korganizer, but with end there is -- because there is no one end, but two ends. So how can you tell which is really valid, or which one is more valid?

My wish is that user would see just one end --> if you set event as recurrent "normal" end should be disabled, and this way it would be crystal clear that "recurrent" end is the valid one.
However, I don't insist on any particular way of solving it.
Comment 3 Reinhold Kainhofer 2007-08-15 17:04:36 UTC
Am Mittwoch, 15. August 2007 schrieb Maciej Pilichowski:
> In general an event has a start and an end, right? With start there is no
> problem in Korganizer, but with end there is -- because there is no one
> end, but two ends. So how can you tell which is really valid, or which one
> is more valid?


Actually, a recurring event is in fact a sequent of multiple events! In 
particular, you have two different events in this case, each with its own 
end.

E.g. take an event on Monday, on August 13, from 8:00 to 9:00, recurring 
weekly until December 31.

This is entered in korganizer as an event on August 13, 8:00 to 9:00. You then 
select weekly recurrence until December 31.
As a result, you have a sequence of events:
-) Aug 13, 8-9 (duration=1 hour)
-) Aug 20, start: 8:00, end: start+duration=9:00
-) Aug 27, start: 8:00, end: start+duration=9:00
...
-) Dec 31, start: 8:00, end: start+duration=9:00

As you can see, the recurrence end date is just the limit up to which date the 
sequence of events is generated. The event's end date/time is still 
the "real" end time for the event.

Cheers,
Reinhold
Comment 4 Bram Schoenmakers 2007-08-15 17:30:00 UTC
And this is a WONTFIX, per Reinholds explaination. Those two end dates are really required.
Comment 5 Maciej Pilichowski 2007-08-15 23:00:21 UTC
Reinhold thank you for the explanation, could it be put in help (or what's this)? It would really help understand immediately Korganizer concepts without guessing.