Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client

[Mark Foley <mfoley novatec-inc com>]

Yes, you are right. This would be more approriate in a Ubuntu forum, but
probably not practical for us to move this thread there. Besides, I've seen a
number of posts here (including mine) where the solution to many problems is to
get the latest version of Evolution. So probably this thread will help others
and keep redundant clutter off the list.

So, since I amd doing research for a future office-wide migration from Windows
to Ubuntu (for workstations), I really should be using the non-LTS versions so I
am utilizing the latest software of all packages. When I am happy with what I've
tested and am ready to migrate the office (a year or two from now) I can snag
whatever the most current LTS version is and install that on workstations.

Thanks for the clarification. I will upgrade my system and get a more recent
Evolution and see if my issues still persist.

THX --Mark

-----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Need config help on Evolution email client
> From: Paul Smith <paul mad-scientist net>
> To: Mark Foley <mfoley novatec-inc com>
> Cc: evolution-list gnome org
> Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:34:09 -0500
>
> On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 14:08 -0500, Mark Foley wrote:
> > Yes, I quite understand about the whole version/package delay thing.
> > I've also used Slackware for years which is even more dramatic in this
> > respect. However, I though I was using the "latest" stable version.
> >
> > The http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop site shows 14.04.03 LTS and
> > 15.10 versions downloadable.  Possibly I'm confused.  I thought
> > 14.04.03 was the latest stable and 15.10 beta-ish, techies invited to
> > test.  Am I mistaken? What exactly is the difference between "The
> > latest version of ...  Ubuntu (15.10)" and "Long Term Support" version
> > (14.04.03).  Maybe I got off on the wrong foot to begin with. 
>
> Probably this belongs on an Ubuntu list not here, but basically the
> Ubuntu Long Term Support releases are more like Red Hat Enterprise
> releases: the LTS releases are released every 2 years or so and intended
> to be used on systems where you don't need the latest software but you
> want support and you don't want to upgrade your system very often.  They
> are supported for 5 years.  So, Ubuntu 14.04 was released in April 2014
> and will be supported until April 2019.  But note "support" means
> security and important bug fixes, it does not mean "new versions of
> software".  In 2019, Ubuntu 14.04 will still have the same version of
> Gnome and Evolution as it did when it was released.
>
> The next LTS release will be 16.04, out next April.  That one will have
> Evolution 3.18 available BTW and be supported until 2021.
>
> Non-LTS Ubuntu releases are supported for only 9 months... so you need
> to upgrade to the next one within 3 months of it being released (Ubuntu
> releases come out every 6 months) if you want continuous support.
>
> However, non-LTS releases are not "beta-ish": they are real releases and
> not restricted only to techies and pretesters.  Every Ubuntu release
> goes through a beta period before it's released.  The big difference is
> the support lifetime, not the quality: you are signing up to upgrade
> your system more often if you want it to be supported.
>
> Regardless of LTS/non-LTS, though, it's still always the case that a
> newer version of a software package like Evolution (etc.) will never be
> backported to an already-published release of Ubuntu so you'll always
> have to upgrade to a newer release if you want it.
>
> HTH!