Re: [Evolution] conversion of Evolution makefile to git

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 12:23 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:12 +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Attached is a patch which changes the Makefile v2.12 from
> > http://mad-scientist.us/evolution.html so that it checks out sources
> > from the new git.gnome.org instead of the obsolete svn.gnome.org.
> >
> > I've checked a few situations (switching from one branch to another,
> > committing local changes, then merging upstream changes) and those
> > worked. Of course, your mileage may vary.
> >
> > "check-changelog" reports git commit messages instead of hunting for
> > ChangeLog changes. This was easier and I wasn't sure whether ChangeLogs
> > are really still maintained by the developers.
> >
> > I haven't actually used it to build 2.26 yet either because my Linux
> > distro doesn't have all the required libraries.
>
> Thanks Patrick!  I hope to be able to spend some time on this again next
> month: the project I've been underwater with for the last 8 months or so
> should release in the next few weeks.
>
> lookOut! is driving me batty, so I'll be happy if I can get a relatively
> stable Evo that can talk to my Exchange 2007 server (must have GAL and
> calendar support tho).
>
> I think I'm going to have to add rules for building the latest MAPI
> library stuff as well... I'll keep it optional for you folks with sane
> IT departments :-).

Some consideration for we Fedora users would also be good (yeah, I know,
contributions welcome :-)

poc