Re: [Evolution-hackers] Call for Release Notes

[Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan novell com>]

On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 11:18 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 10:15 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 11:32 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
> > > Hey Murray,
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 18:36 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > > > Evolution developers, please do try to find the time for this. You
> > > > deserve that the world knows about your hard work.
> > > >  
> > >  I have added everything to release notes wiki page. Sorry, I was
> > > confused with
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2007-July/msg00173.html and just updated to Roadmap only.
> > 
> > Thanks. I didn't realise that you had updated the RoadMap. Not everybody
> > has done that.
> > 
> > So, we have the following:
> > 
> > > * Improved SPAM filtering with plugable junk filters 
> > 
> > How is this different to before, from the user's point of view? I
> > thought we always had SpamAssassin and BogoFilter plugins.
> > 
> > > * Backup restore support
> > 
> > What does this actually allow the user to do?
> > 
> > > * Improved e-mail notification 
> > 
> > Is this just about the notification area icon? By the way, I notice that
> > you can't turn that off from the main preferences - you have to disable
> > the plugin, when you know that it's a plugin.
> > 
> > > * Improved Gtk+ Printing support for mails 
> > 
> > What does the "improvement" look like to the user?
> > 
> > > * System Timezone Integration 
> > 
> > Does this mean that evolution no longer asks the user for their timezone
> > at first use? Are there any other user-noticeable changes?
> > 
> > > * Attachment reminder for message composer
> > 
> > Could you tell us more about this? What does it do, and when?
> > 
> > > * Evolution Exchange
> > >  * Better offline support
> > 
> > How is this noticeable? Is it just a performance improvement, or has the
> > behaviour changed? I mean, how would the user notice this?
> > >  * Delegation support
> > 
> > This allows you to forward your emails to a colleague while you are
> > away, right? Do you have a screenshot of that preference for us, using
> > the standard clearlooks theme? Not many of us are running exchange.
> 
> And these items were just added:
> "
>  * Magic space bar support
>  * FACE header and Contact image in preview pane
>  * Calendar Search improvements
> "
> 
> They really need details so we can describe what the user will
> experience differently to the old evolution version.
Sure. I was in the process of adding it and your mail came down :)

-Srini.
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