Why discuss non-alternatives? (Was Re: DTSTART for recurrence instances)

[Bruce_Kahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Doug wrote on 12/10/2003 03:15:17 PM:
> Please read all of this as there are some interdependencies with
> text after statements.

I will soon be out of touch for a few
weeks on vacation so I may not be able to continue this discussion until
I get back.  Fore warning in case it appears as if I just disappeared
(my silence is not acceptance, merely my inability to participate while
traveling)

> And although they are -all-  -not- really
a 'reschedule' they all four
> represent ways the CU could change the 2nd instance.

Actually they all represent ways for
an Organizer to recreate a 3 instance repeat set.  Since there is
a fundamental difference between a simple instance reschedule (iTIP Section
3.2.2.1 Rescheduling an Event) and recreating all instances in the repeat
set (see the analysis from yesterday), why are we even considering these
"alternatives"?  

If the intent of this discussion is
how to determine how RECURRENCE-IDs are assigned in the CS then thats simple
to answer (see iCalendar).  

If the intent of this discussion is
to understand how invitation/rescheduling of a repeating instance happens
then thats also simple to answer (see iTIP).  

However it seems that the intent is
to discuss alternative means of trying to represent an instance reschedule
(which are not truely equivalent) for reasons that I just dont grok.

Why do we spend cycles discussing different
means of recreating the entire repeating set (as opposed to actually rescheduling
the just that instance) which have no direct bearing on how the EXPAND
property is handled on a query?

> Only when everything is documented step by stem
in writing can we solve 
> this.

What steps of the C&S workflow process
are not already documented in iTIP?  

Also, I am having a hard time understanding
how any of this digression relates to handling EXPAND on a query.  Am
I the only one?

Bruce
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