> > Note that Xubuntu 14.04 Evolution packages are pretty old, even > > ancient (3.10 if I understand right). Even Vivid 15.04 has very old > > packages. So I compile my own from time to time. Alternatively, if you > > upgrade to Vivid 15.04, you can use Fabien Tassin PPA here: > > https://launchpad.net/~fta/+archive/ubuntu/gnome3 and use 3.16.x > > which is relatively recent.
> > I'm often noticed - particularly on this list, that my Evolution > packages are pretty old, even ancient (and here it's 3.2.3 as it came > with Precise and it will doggonit stay as long as Precise stays or I'll > find a safe way to do, what Emre Erenoglu does). But what is the > (Ubuntu) procedure for that ? I don't use Ubuntu, but you appear to have replied to a message containing a link to a PPA that contains the information on how to add it to your system. > > I'd love to compile my own Evolution from time to time - as practically > everyone here on the list seems to do from the sound of it ?!! No, not at all. I don't think I've ever compiled Evo - well I might have done in the Ximian days before Evo ever reached version 1. > > But there seems to be not even one simple "cookbook" to do it, but lots > of comments, that those distros that don't keep Evolution up to a recent > version are dirt cheap. You have a free choice over which distro you use - your choice may be determined by factors other than the version of the software it contains, but it is, nevertheless, a free choice. There are distros that keep Evolution reasonably up to date (such as Fedora); there are distros that provide the environment and tools to compile anything and everything; there are distros that have third parties who provide non -official packages for recent versions of software (such as Ubuntu). > I don't see the fun of it. Finally, I'd like to get to know an Ubuntu > user who knows how - and who passes this straightaway to this list or to > a web site. > If your choice is to use a very old distro, then that comes with consequences. If you are inexperienced at building software packages, then I suspect you are going to have a very hard time, even with a lot of hand-holding, building a recent version of Evolution, and all its dependencies. If you really want to stick with your current distro AND you want to use a recent version of Evo, then I suspect your best bet might be to install a recent distro in a virtual machine - but that seems a bit overkill just to use Evolution. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
