Tickets :: Comment on [#7589] itip: can't add event / shared calendar

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Comment	> Okay. The fact is that unless we simply switch them off, users are > going to use invitations in a shared calendaring environment, so I > think we ought to make this smoother. Saying it's a user education > issue is fair, but I think the software needs to do some of that > education; this is a pretty unintuitive error to push off on admins. > > > > So: stepping back a bit, I think we should detect whether the event > is already on a calendar that the user has access to. We should also > check the permissions the user has to the event. That way we can > offer a list of context-specific actions that we know should be > possible: > > > > - add this to my calendar (it's not there already) > > - update this on my calendar (it's there on a calendar i own) > > - create a copy on my calendar (i can see it on someone's calendar, > but not write to it) > > - etc. > > > > I know this will take some API methods that aren't currently there, > and it probably pushes this from bug to enhancement, but I _think_ > that will keep things clear and make for a nicer user experience.
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