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Evolution 2.0.0 released
In accordance with our Grand Plan (TM), the Evolution Team is pleased to announce Evolution 2.0.0 has been released to coincide with GNOME 2.8 Download the following: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/evolution/2.0/evol... http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtkhtml/3.2/gtkhtm... http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gal/2.2/gal-2.2.1.... http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/evolution-data-ser... http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsou... http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ximian-connector/2... Upgrade Notes: Evolution 2.0 is the stable version of the 1.5.x development series. It will upgrade your existing 1.4 install if you were not using 1.5 previously, but will not delete it until told to. Major New User Features: * NNTP support * S/MIME support * Integrated Junk Filtering with SpamAssassin * Web calendars * Overlayed calendars * Improved UI * Many bug fixes Major New Developer Features: * Simplified component creation, its much easier to write your own component now * The calendar and address book data is now available via the Evolution Data Server (formerly the wombat) without requiring the Evolution client * Generally improved internal architecture Common Questions: Q) Where is the executive summary component? A) The summary was removed from Evolution as most of the functionality now exists throughout the GNOME desktop. For example, the Weather applet and panel clock for appointments/tasks and an RSS aggregator as a separate app. The evolution-brainread module which is in GNOME cvs does have an RSS aggregator. Q) Where is the shortcut bar? A) The shortcut bar was removed in favor of the component buttons which allow you to easily switch between mail/contacts/calendar/tasks. Q) Where does Evolution store my data now? A) It is now stored in ~/.evolution Q) Why is my question not answered here? A) We didn't know it was a significant issue for you, let us know at evolution@ximian.com. Known Issues: The three major known issues are: 1) Creating a maildir account or an mbox account with a directory of mboxes requires you to manually enter the directory instead of browsing to it. 2) Alarms don't work properly if Evolution runs past midnight 3) Contacts behave badly if LD_ASSUME_KERNEL is set on NPTL threaded systems (unsetting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL should make this work again) All of these bugs should be fixed in 2.0.1. Reporting Bugs If you have problems with 2.0.0, please take the time to submit the bug using Bug Buddy or at http://bugzilla.ximian.com. Try to fill in as much detail as you can regarding the circumstances that lead to the problem If you have a feature request, you can also file that at http://bugzilla.ximian.com/ don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away, we get hundreds of feature requests a year. You can also check if your bug has been reported before by using the search functionality of Bugzilla. More information is available at the project website: http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution -JP -- JP Rosevear <jpr@novell.com> Novell, Inc. _______________________________________________ gnome-announce-list mailing list gnome-announce-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-announce-list (Log in to post comments)
Evolution 2.0.0 released Posted Sep 22, 2004 14:43 UTC (Wed) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285) [Link] I've got mine. I cheated a little and unmasked all the Gnome 2.8 packages in my Gentoo install.
My impressions:
The interface seems cleaner.
I don't like some of the new keyboard shortcuts, and some that used to work don't anymore. I'm thinking of Ctrl-` instead of just ` for preview panel, and Ctrl-G went away.
I was hoping that they would add some new layout options, like being able to put the preview pane on the right.
All in all, I like it well enough. I'll keep it.
Is it any better? Posted Sep 22, 2004 17:00 UTC (Wed) by cbcbcb (guest, #10350) [Link]
Is it any more reliable than 1.4? I find Evolution 1.4.6 to be really unstable, it locks up, segfaults, loses mail and frequently refuses to start with a plethora of corba(?)-related errors.
Is it any better? Posted Sep 22, 2004 18:21 UTC (Wed) by uriel (guest, #20754) [Link] We deployed Evolution at our office some time ago... it was a complete _disaster_; as you say, it crashes, it losses email, it locks up and wont start, etc...We are in the process of switching all our boxes to Thunderbird now, way from perfect, but at least it works and has none of all that corba insanity... [sarcasm] oh, and I just couldn't wait for Ximian adding mono/.NOT into the mix...[/sarcasm] My advice to anyone: stay away from anything coming from Ximian, their understanding of basic software engineering principles is nil. As for me, I will continue running mutt over ssh on my email server. But I would rather use acme if I didn't hate imap/pop3 so much or if I could run my own email server at home(damn joke dsl lines). "the computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making" -- E. W. Dijkstra
Never seen such problems Posted Sep 22, 2004 20:02 UTC (Wed) by hazelsct (subscriber, #3659) [Link] I've had no such problems, and know numerous others who have had no such problems. IIRC, Evolution is the default email client across the MIT Athena system with thousands of users, and I've never heard any such complaints. Then again, I don't do support...
Did you get it via a distro, or download/compile? Sometimes these things are sensitive to the versions of other installed software.
it happens Posted Sep 22, 2004 23:13 UTC (Wed) by xorbe (guest, #3165) [Link] I'm a power user that keeps my home box running even through my worst snafus. The other day, indeed Evolution wound not start. I killed a couple processes that looked related to gnome/evolution, and then it would start. This is from Mandrake cooker, so even the latest versions seem to have problems...
Never seen such problems Posted Sep 23, 2004 7:54 UTC (Thu) by cbcbcb (guest, #10350) [Link] I think it's a distro[*] install. I only use it on my work machine and the software on that is controlled by the IT dept. [*] Redhat 8/9
Never seen such problems Posted Sep 23, 2004 18:50 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link] Sadly I have... but I do support :). 1.4.6 has this tendency to start talking to an IMAP server (UW-imap and Cyrus Imap) and have an alzheimers moment.. then it gets all confused and it takes a killev and then removal of a couple of files in the users .evolution folders. It seems linked to looking at certain mime types.
Is it any better? Posted Sep 23, 2004 3:29 UTC (Thu) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285) [Link] Evolution used to segfault on me all the time, so I fixed it. 1.4.6 never gave me any problems and I have not had 2.0 crash yet, but I have only been using it for three days.
Evolution 2.0.0 released Posted Sep 22, 2004 17:09 UTC (Wed) by macemoneta (guest, #2717) [Link] I'm not sure what's going on behind the scenes, but one of the most frequently requested features has never been implemented:http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821 This request is almost 4 years old, and still going. Does anyone know the story behind it?
Notifications too Posted Sep 22, 2004 17:28 UTC (Wed) by leandro (guest, #1460) [Link] Another long standing wish list would be delivery notifications.
Evolution 2.0.0 released Posted Sep 23, 2004 1:44 UTC (Thu) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] What about support for an external editor? Is it there, or do the Evolution coders still disdain UNIX users?
Evolution 2.0.0 released Posted Sep 23, 2004 7:11 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] Given how fundamentally buggy and unusable Evolution's built-in editor is, I'd say they have disdain for all users in general.
Personally, I like Evolution and I use it every day. But, if the message I'm writing runs past a few sentences, I'll copy it to nedit or gvim for editing, then copy it back for sending.
Warning to Debian experimental users Posted Sep 22, 2004 17:27 UTC (Wed) by leandro (guest, #1460) [Link] I have tested the Debian experimental packages, and they fail to migrate my 112 MiB ~/evolution directory. Have reported already, no solution (or diagnosis) in sight yet.
That's why they call it "experimental" Posted Sep 22, 2004 20:06 UTC (Wed) by hazelsct (subscriber, #3659) [Link] You mean you're trusting the integrity of your email data to something called "experimental"? There are several Evolution/GNOME 2.8 integration issues in Debian now; unless you want to be among the leading-edge bug finders and squashers, wait a month or two before trying.
That's why they call it "experimental" Posted Mar 20, 2005 19:18 UTC (Sun) by leandro (guest, #1460) [Link] > You mean you're trusting the integrity of your email data to something called "experimental"? Ever heard of a backup copy? And yes, it is the experimental package, but it's not like it's version 0.2 or anything the like. Anyway this was a long time ago. All fixed now.
Evolution 2.0.0 released Posted Sep 22, 2004 23:42 UTC (Wed) by meowey_cat (guest, #20408) [Link] Why is there NNTP support?Doesn't "pan" take care of this?
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