Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Pete Biggs
> Many projects have a download page, for example; So does Evo: https://projects.gnome.org/evolution/download.shtml but presumably what you are getting at is that Evolution doesn't provide binary packages. In fact if you look at other Gnome projects, very few provide binaries, some have be

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 18:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use > bottom-posting. They should not be forced to top-post just because > nearly everyone else does. They don't need to encourage people to > join and contribute as they have plenty o

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Many projects have a download page, for example;  http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ http://www.libreoffice.org/download http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/ http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Some a

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Tom Davies
From: N B Day To: evolution-list@gnome.org Sent: Friday, 23 August 2013, 20:19 Subject: Re: [Evolution] downloads page On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 15:30 -0300, BAPR wrote: > Ubuntu is presently shipping with evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 > Are you sure about this? 

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 19:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 18:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > > This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use > > bottom-posting. > > You're mistaken, top posting isn't wanted for quasi all mailing lists > that have to do with compu

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Tom Davies
From: Andre Klapper It's cute to dream of educated users who always take a look at the documentation first before asking on a list. Reality is different. andre Hi :)  In a previous thread the best answer pointed me to the right place in the right docum

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 18:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use > bottom-posting. You're mistaken, top posting isn't wanted for quasi all mailing lists that have to do with computers and even for most mailing lists that have completely nothing t

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use bottom-posting.  They should not be forced to top-post just because nearly everyone else does.  They don't need to encourage people to join and contribute as they have plenty of people contributing already.  There is no need

Re: [Evolution] List Formats and such (wa Re: PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page))

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Forwarded Message From: Ralf Mardorf To: evolution-list@gnome.org Cc: Preston Smith Subject: Re: [Evolution] List Formats and such (wa Re: PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:55:17 +0200 On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 13:45 -0300, Preston Smith wrote: >

[Evolution] List Formats and such (wa Re: PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page))

2013-08-24 Thread Preston Smith
Good Day, This is getting too complicated I will make your life easier. If I need help, I do not want my request refused because I stutter or use the wrong format so I will just unsubscribe from the list Thanks to all for the few gems I did pick up P On 24/08/2013 1:18 PM, Ralf Mardorf

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 24 August 2013 17:02, Betti Ann and Preston Smith wrote: > If this list is now a technical list, can you refer me to an Evo users' > list? > > The last thing that I want to do while seeking help on a software package > is to offend the list format police or use the wrong list. > I'm using the

[Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 13:02 -0300, Betti Ann and Preston Smith wrote: > Good afternoon, > > You refer to this as a technical list. I see this as a users' list. > Here is the heading from evolution-list@gnome.org > > evolution-list -- General discussion and user queries of Evolution > > If this

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 16:50 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > What they, hopefully, aim for is to produce good quality software that > people find useful and would *prefer* to use. If this, or any other > software, doesn't meet your needs, or even if the (free) mailing list > annoys you, then people are

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Betti Ann and Preston Smith
Good afternoon, You refer to this as a technical list. I see this as a users' list. Here is the heading from evolution-list@gnome.org *evolution-list -- General discussion and user queries of Evolution* If this list is now a technical list, can you refer me to an Evo users' list? The las

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Pete Biggs
> > > So, if there is something we could do to make it easier for people to > use Evolution in Ubuntu LTSes then it might > > 1. reduce the number of confused and unhelpful questions on this > list The concept of an "unhelpful question" is a bit strange. > > 2. increase the number of pe

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 24 August 2013 12:27, Tom Davies wrote: > Wrt top-posting, the vast majority of people use top-posting almost > exclusively and have no idea it's even possible to do anything else so they > don't even scroll down threads to find answers and just assume there has > been some sort of mistake. M

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 24 August 2013 12:47, Betti Ann and Preston Smith wrote: > The issue of top, bottom or interspersed postings will exist for ever. I > prefer top posting because I present and can read the bottom line > immediately. The context advantage of bottom posting is good but to read > the bottom line I

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Andre Klapper
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 12:27 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > So, if there is something we could do to make it easier for people to > use Evolution in Ubuntu LTSes then it might > > 1. reduce the number of confused and unhelpful questions on this > list > 2. increase the number of people using Evolut

Re: [Evolution] Calendar invitation forward

2013-08-24 Thread Deepak Dasgupta
Hi, Thank you. Yes the invitation which I create, I can add new users. I was thinking of options how to forward invitation where I am not the organizer and want to send it to people using outlook. BR, /Deepak On 22 August 2013 15:46, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Perhaps this guide? > > https:/

[Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Betti Ann and Preston Smith
Good morning!! On 23/08/2013 6:35 PM, N B Day wrote: On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 17:28 -0300, BAPR wrote: On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 12:19 -0700, N B Day wrote: On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 15:30 -0300, BAPR wrote: Are you sure about this? Evolution is no longer the *default* MUA in Ubuntu, but reasonably up-t

Re: [Evolution] downloads page

2013-08-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A lot of people stay with the LTS releases and so will be staying with the 12.04 for a few years.  Some might upgrade to the 14.04 at the end of April 2014 but many others will be sticking with the 12.04 for another 2 years after that.  Like it or not Ubuntu is a popular "gateway distro