On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 08:34 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 21:11 -0600, Matthew Barnes wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 22:11 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > '--force-shutdown' has always seemed to me a kludge, effectively a tacit > > > admission that the GUI can sometimes freeze and not listen to Quit. I > > > hope we can get to a point where it's no longer necessary. I don't see > > > similar options for Thunderbird, Claws, Kmail, ... > > I agree. > > In defense of Evolution I haven't seen a component oriented application > that doesn't provide some escape clause [comparing Evolution to > Thunderbird is like comparing a 2010 Toyota Prius to a 1919 Model-T Ford > anyway; I know which I'd rather drive on the highway (and I own both)].
Hmm, I think you lost control of the analogy in there. Surely the Prius should be safer and more reliable, especially when it comes to braking :-) > The question seems reasonable to me if quitting [or even killing] the > GUI *should* stop the components since they are used by other things > [OpenOffice, the GNOME calendar widget, etc...] Actually one of the main uses for --force-shutdown used to be to kill the GUI when it resolutely refused to die. Doesn't happen much nowadays but habits die hard. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
