On Fri, 2025-02-14 at 14:24 +0300, Andrii Kalashnykov wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-02-14 at 07:13 +0100, hw wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2025-02-07 at 17:13 +0300, Andrii Kalashnykov wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2025-02-07 at 06:51 +0100, hw wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Thu, 2025-01-30 at 18:21 +0300, Andrii Kalashnykov wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > > > > I’ll see if I can make a bug report ...
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Also, try asking a question on the GNOME project forum [1]
> > > > > > > and/or writing an e-mail to the evolution-users mailing
> > > > > > > list [2] — I’m sure they’re more knowledgeable than I
> > > > > > > am.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > [1] https://discourse.gnome.org/tag/evolution 
> > > > > > > [2] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-users
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks, that’s a good idea. So far, I couldn’t report a bug
> > > > > > because I can’t make an account for that because the web site
> > > > > > is broken.
> > > > > 
> > > > > When you find a solution, I think it would be nice if you email
> > > > > here what the cause of the problem and what the solution was.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > 
> > > > It looks as if I’m never gona find a fix. Subscribing to the
> > > > mailing list doesn’t seem to work, either, and I don’t like
> > > > forums.
> > > 
> > > That’s really weird that you couldn’t subscribe to the mailing
> > > list. I tried subscribing right now, and the email to confirm the
> > > subscription came instantly, as well as the next email confirming
> > > that I had successfully subscribed.
> > 
> > I tried several times and never got the confirmation message.
> 
> Perhaps you should try using a different email?

No, why I should I?

> 
> > > Also, you mentioned earlier that you couldn’t create an account
> > > on the GNOME GitLab bug tracker — that’s pretty strange too.
> > 
> > They need to fix their web site so that the captcha thing works, or
> > remove it. I sent them an email and they said they could create an
> > account for me and asked me what user name they should use for it.
> > So I answered them with a user name they could use and never got a
> > response to that.
> 
> Maybe you should try using a different email in this case too?
> > 

No, why should I?  They need to fix their infrastructure.

> > >  I tried creating an account. The site is not broken, and just
> > > like with the mailing list subscription, the email to confirm
> > > registration came instantly, the account was created successfully.
> > > 
> > > Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to prove that my experience
> > > is the truth in the last instance. But maybe the problem is not
> > > only and not so much with Evolution?
> > > 
> > > > I could take a look at the source code and maybe figure it out,
> > > > but maintaining my own version of evolution isn’t something
> > > > I’d be keen on. And that’s assuming I could compile it, which
> > > > probably isn’t easy ...
> > > 
> > > Anyway, you can also try using Matrix chat:
> > > https://handbook.gnome.org/get-in-touch/matrix.html
> > 
> > Which is what? I don’t have what they call a ‘web app' which seems to
> > be required for it.
> 
> Okay, I’ll quote the relevant parts about using Matrix web app:
> 
>   Accounts
>   
>   To chat in GNOME Matrix rooms, you first need to have a Matrix
>   account. There are two ways to get one:
>   
>     1. If you’re not a GNOME Foundation member, you can register for
>        a free account at https://app.element.io/.
>   
>   [...]
>   
>   Once you have a Matrix account, you can login using a Matrix app,
>   such as the Element web app.
>   
>   Rooms
>   
>   Once you are logged into Matrix, you can browse GNOME rooms and join
>   the ones that are of interest to you. Some good ones to start with
>   are:
>   
>     Room                      Topic
>     #gnome:gnome.org          General GNOME chat
>     #gnome-hackers:gnome.org  GNOME development discussion
>     #newcomers:gnome.org      Help for newcomers to the GNOME project
> 
> Now you have that web app.
> 

No I don't.

> > I’m not the only user who has this problem with evolution. Why hasn’t
> > it been fixed already?
> 
> This is a rhetorical question, I’m not an Evolution developer. File
> bug reports, write to the mailing list, the forum, the chat rooms —
> I’ve suggested many ways to get help.

Well, that's what I tried without any success.  I'm not surprised since
bug reports usually aren't wanted anyway.

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