On 08/25/2014 01:31 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >> It has been said many times on this list that it is unwise to muck about >> > with Evo's internal private storage locations because something will >> > break horribly if you do. > Yes, but this is just a message that won't "stick" for some people. > There is something almost pathological about a segment of the LINUX user > community that they must flail about with settings and configuration... > eventually they storm off and write a BLOG post about how everything is > so unstable, the software is broken, etc... sigh. >
If I can't back up entire home directories and restore a SINGLE APPLICATION such as Evolution using rsync, then Evolution is horribly broken. If I can't back up from version 2 and restore to version 3.X and have it convert forward CORRECTLY then Evolution is also horribly broken. If I have to retype BY HAND every single vfolder / search folder / filter definition instead of using file sync between systems Evolution is also horribly broken. Forcing us to do it any other way is something EVEN MICROSOFT learned not to do. Look at MSDN. I found three pages with all the information you need to handle Outlook PST files or Exchange data stores. These days you can script nearly anything you want to do with a Microsoft product in Powershell. If we can't "muck about" with the configuration and data files then Evolution has become WORSE than Microsoft. That really isn't anything to be proud of. Now actually, I recall finding some decent documentation on Evolution data files and configuration at one point. So instead of telling people not to muck with it, just give them a link to what they need for doing it correctly. The following link is all I can find at the moment. The developer.gnome.org search functions aren't all that helpful. https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.12/data-storage.html.en _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
