Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-28 Thread Alpar Juttner
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 16:05 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > (I also don't see why the operating system should have to do so much > > > with editing an appointment in Evo.) > > Exactly. > > It's not the OS, it's the distribution that's the issue - we all > (mostly) run the same OS, i.e. Linu

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-28 Thread Alpár Jüttner
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 16:05 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > (I also don't see why the operating system should have to do so much > > > with editing an appointment in Evo.) > > Exactly. > > It's not the OS, it's the distribution that's the issue - we all > (mostly) run the same OS, i.e. Linu

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Chenthill
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 17:46 +0100, Harald Beck wrote: > Hi guys, > > here is some feedback to version 2.26 running under ubuntu. > > First, I encountered a couple of very annoying bugs: (No, I don't want > > to engage in Bugzilla; sorry.) > > * In the calender view, where tasks and memos appear

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 15:15 +, Harald Beck wrote: *snip* > (I also don't see why the operating system should have to do so much > with editing an appointment in Evo.) *snip* Distro. Not operating system. Distros like Ubuntu basically select a certain version of software and stick to it no matt

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Harald Beck
Hi Philippe, thanks for the reply. It's interesting that the crashing on editing recurring events only occurs in my case (at least not in everone's). Concerning Adam's suggestion: Well, switching the operating system (which I've been really happy with for a couple of years) only to get (possibly)

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Sylvia Sánchez
El mar, 27-10-2009 a las 17:36 +, Art Alexion escribió: > On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 12:46 -0400, Harald Beck wrote: > > > > * In the calender view, where tasks and memos appear on the right, the > > memo list is empty, though there are memos listed in the memo view. > > Filtering? > > Nop,

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Matthew Barnes
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 19:28 +, Art Alexion wrote: > Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense. Lacking a notification > from gnome, kde or the OS, could evolution be made to test for a > network connection and abort interval checking until it detects one, > or would that cause too much of

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Art Alexion
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 14:40 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 17:35 +, Art Alexion wrote: > > With Ubuntu 9.04, Kmail and Evolution both display this behavior. > The > > problem is that the MUAs start trying to retrieve mail before the > > hibernating computer re-establishes

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Matthew Barnes
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 17:35 +, Art Alexion wrote: > With Ubuntu 9.04, Kmail and Evolution both display this behavior. The > problem is that the MUAs start trying to retrieve mail before the > hibernating computer re-establishes a network connection. The reason > you are not getting this probl

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Art Alexion
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 10:12 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > * Evolution crashes (!) each time I edit a previously created > > > appointment to make it an recurring event. So if I forgot to > specify > > > that at the time of creation, I have to delete it first, and > create it > > > again,

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Art Alexion
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 12:46 -0400, Harald Beck wrote: > > * In the calender view, where tasks and memos appear on the right, the > memo list is empty, though there are memos listed in the memo view. Filtering? -- Art Alexion Resources for Human Development, Inc. 215-951-0300 x3075 470

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Art Alexion
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 12:46 -0400, Harald Beck wrote: > > * If I start the computer from hibernating (having Evolution started > before hibernating), I'm prompted for the password for one of my two > mail accounts -- without effect (endless loop); so I have to cancel. > This does not happen, if I

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Kojak T
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 12:30 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 16:05 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > > It's not the OS, it's the distribution that's the issue - we all > > (mostly) run the same OS, i.e. Linux! (OK, I know there's some BSDers > > and Windows users out there - but you know w

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 16:05 +, Pete Biggs wrote: > It's not the OS, it's the distribution that's the issue - we all > (mostly) run the same OS, i.e. Linux! (OK, I know there's some BSDers > and Windows users out there - but you know what I mean.) > > But there does seem to be more problems wit

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Pete Biggs
> > > > (I also don't see why the operating system should have to do so much > > with editing an appointment in Evo.) > Exactly. It's not the OS, it's the distribution that's the issue - we all (mostly) run the same OS, i.e. Linux! (OK, I know there's some BSDers and Windows users out there - b

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Philippe LeCavalier
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 15:15 +, Harald Beck wrote: > Hi Philippe, > > thanks for the reply. > > It's interesting that the crashing on editing recurring events only > occurs in my case (at least not in everone's). I'm certain someone else has seen this...Try running from a shell and turning u

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Dave Jewett
Pete Biggs wrote: I could live with the bugs above for some time, but: Today I started Evolution, and ALL calendar, task and memo entries were gone! The according lists to file them are still here, but no items. In other words, without doing anything, all information is gone and I ha

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Pete Biggs
> > I could live with the bugs above for some time, but: Today I started > Evolution, and ALL calendar, task and memo entries were gone! The > according lists to file them are still here, but no items. In other > words, without doing anything, all information is gone and I have no > clue why.

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 09:55 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote: > On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 17:46 +0100, Harald Beck wrote: > > Hi guys, > > here is some feedback to version 2.26 running under ubuntu. > > First, I encountered a couple of very annoying bugs: (No, I don't want > > to engage in Bugzilla;

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Philippe LeCavalier
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 17:46 +0100, Harald Beck wrote: > Hi guys, > > here is some feedback to version 2.26 running under ubuntu. > > First, I encountered a couple of very annoying bugs: (No, I don't want > to engage in Bugzilla; sorry.) > > * In the calender view, where tasks and memos appear

Re: [Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Sylvia Sánchez
El lun, 26-10-2009 a las 17:46 +0100, Harald Beck escribió: > Hi guys, > > here is some feedback to version 2.26 running under ubuntu. > > First, I encountered a couple of very annoying bugs: (No, I don't want > to engage in Bugzilla; sorry.) > > * In the calender view, where tasks and memos

[Evolution] Why I must stop using Evolution

2009-10-27 Thread Harald Beck
Hi guys, here is some feedback to version 2.26 running under ubuntu. First, I encountered a couple of very annoying bugs: (No, I don't want to engage in Bugzilla; sorry.) * In the calender view, where tasks and memos appear on the right, the memo list is empty, though there are memos listed