Thanks for seconding my post. Just a note: though Evo depends upon some GNOME libraries (for certain, gnome-vfs, gnome-ui, bonobo), I am 100% sure you don't need the whole of GNOME to run Evo, and you definitely don't need a specific window manager. It's a pure X application.
Andrew On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 23:13 +0100, M Wedin wrote: > I second this! > > And I wouldn't be at all sorry if I could use Evolution without having > to install Gnome. A great app shouldn't be tied to a specific > windowmanager. > > Just my opinion ... > > Wed > > > > On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 17:03 -0500, Andrew Montalenti wrote: > > I am wondering whether there are any efforts underway to "de-integrate" > > the various components of Evolution. Evolution has a very mature > > mailer, a very mature calendaring application, and a pretty mature > > contact application. It has less mature todo list and note > > applications. (For example, Tomboy is much more mature in both these > > areas.) > > > > I know Evo was originally based on bonobo, and I do admit I don't know > > much about that technology (though I am a GTK+/GObject programmer). > > > > I'm wondering if maybe Evo could support running e.g. a "standalone > > mailer" or a mailer plus calendar application, rather than having to > > take all pieces of Evo at once. > > > > I think in the modern working and personal environments, people want to > > pick and choose their components. For example, Google Calendar may be > > way more convenient for calendaring than Evo, but someone might love Evo > > as a mailer. > > > > In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if most users of Evo use it primarily > > as a mailer, with the other components taking a backseat. > > > > I know there may already be efforts in this vein underway -- if so, > > perhaps a pointer to a bugzilla tracker could help me out. > > > > Andrew > > p.s. also, Evo kind of violates UNIX ethic of an application that does > > "one thing" well. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Evolution-list mailing list > > Evolution-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
