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On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 19:14 +0200, Milan Crha wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 09:09 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> >
> > Evolution is working in it's designed environment.
> Hi,
> the Evolution is not designed for the GNOME3 environment these days
> that much as it used to be, notably it doesn't follow the look and feel
> of the GNOME Shell applications. It might even look "old school" to
> someone (consider unsupported header bars, kept menu bar and so on).
>
> The Evolution doesn't need GNOME (I have built 3.18.something under
> Win32 too, and it is able to fetch my IMAPx account mails and show
> them). The Evolution "only" uses the technology (aka libraries)
> provided within the GNOME stack. It relies on GTK+ more than on GNOME
> itself. Current Evolution (even the development version 3.21.2)
> requires gtk+ 3.10.0, which is pretty old. There used to be versions
> which required latest gtk+/glib/..., but it was usually during the gtk3
> migration and such. Of course, we'll get back to that times with the
> WebKit2 port, as the Evolution will require the latest WebKit2. It will
> be for good, I believe.
>
> There are some modules for integration with other GNOME parts, like
> GNOME Online Accounts (GOA), but it can be disabled, the same as the
> support for Ubuntu Online Accounts, if needed (did you know that
> Evolution has any such module? :) It resides in the Evolution-Data-
> Server). Even the connection to GNOME Keyring is indirect, the
> Evolution doesn't use GNOME Keyring directly, it uses libsecret
> library, which is a "wrapper" for password storage. Where it connects
> is out of the Evolution hands.
>
> The main "issue" for the Evolution is the dependency on the Evolution-
> Data-Server, which provides access to all but the Mail parts not only
> for the Evolution, but to any other client which connects to it. The
> Evolution-Data-Server is a core component for GNOME, because (not only)
> even GNOME Shell talks to it.
>
> I wanted to say, the Evolution is not that much tight to the current
> GNOME as it used to be. The need for GOA is more to "workaround" Google
> Contacts connection. The Evolution 3.20.0+ can do OAuth2 against Google
> on its own, when the Evolution-Data-Server is built with that part of
> the code.
> Bye,
> Milan
>
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