I talked to Gnome devs and it appears that evolution-data-server is not really a part of Evolution, but rather a part of Gnome itself, but it carries a somewhat obsolete and inaccurate name. It should probably be called 'gnome-data-server', and yes, Gnome absolutely needs it.
** Changed in: evolution-data-server (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => Invalid -- Evolution is impossible to get rid of on Gnome 2.22 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255836 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs