[coldsync-hackers] ANNOUNCE: ColdSync 1.3.0 beta

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb@ooblick.com>]

	I've just uploaded a snapshot of ColdSync v1.3.0 . This is still
very raw and unfinished, so it's still beta. It should be safe to use if
you're not using any of the new features, though.

	The main change is the introduction of Sync conduits, which run
while ColdSync is connected to the Palm. Sync conduits are given a file
descriptor that can be used to send DLP requests to the Palm.
	Sync conduits are useful in cases where you want to do more than
just get a file in sync with a Palm database. For instance, using
Fetch/Dump, you can't download the Mail application's Outbox, send out the
messages, and mark the delete the messages on the Palm, at least not in
one run. Sync conduits will enable you to do this.

	For now, Sync conduits are run immediately after the built-in
conduit. In some future version, though, they will replace it: the
built-in generic conduit will be the default if no other conduit has been
specified. That is, ColdSync will behave as if your .coldsyncrc began
with:

	conduit sync {
		type */*;
		path [generic];
		default;
	}

The ColdSync.pm Perl module now supports the "sync" flavor, but only in a
very generic way (i.e., it doesn't crash and burn if you tell it that you
have a Sync conduit).

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