Yes, I quite understand about the whole version/package delay thing. I've also used Slackware for years which is even more dramatic in this respect. However, I though I was using the "latest" stable version.
The http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop site shows 14.04.03 LTS and 15.10 versions downloadable. Possibly I'm confused. I thought 14.04.03 was the latest stable and 15.10 beta-ish, techies invited to test. Am I mistaken? What exactly is the difference between "The latest version of ... Ubuntu (15.10)" and "Long Term Support" version (14.04.03). Maybe I got off on the wrong foot to begin with. --Mark -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client > From: Paul Smith <p...@mad-scientist.net> > To: Mark Foley <mfo...@novatec-inc.com> > Cc: evolution-list@gnome.org > Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:41:02 -0500 > > On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 13:26 -0500, Mark Foley wrote: > > > As others have said, it appears that 3.10 on Ubuntu 14.04 is broken in > > > various ways (it's to do with the Ubuntu packaging - 3.10 was fine on > > > other systems). 3.10 is also very old now and unsupported. > > > > So, your recommendation? Should I get the latest stable release? I > > assume that would be 3.18.2 from > > https://download.gnome.org/sources/evolution/3.18/. Or do you think > > that wouldn't work on Ubuntu. Any idea why the Ubuntu folks have not > > kept this updated? > > Ubuntu is no different than any other distribution: Red Hat, Fedora, > SuSE, etc. If you use a distribution release which is going on 2 years > old, then the software versions in that release will be old and not > supported upstream. Release-based distributions don't put newer > versions of software in already-published releases. > > This is quadruply-true of Evolution which is NOT a stand-alone > application like Firefox etc.: it's an integrated component of the GNOME > desktop. If you want a newer version of Evolution you'll have to > upgrade to a newer version of the entire GNOME desktop. > > If you want a newer version of Evolution, then simply upgrade your > version of Ubuntu. If you switch to the current Ubuntu 15.10 release (I > personally prefer the Ubuntu GNOME version, not native Ubuntu, but > whatever) then you'll get Evolution 3.16.5 which is not the latest but > is much closer. > > > [1] There are exceptions, usu > _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
