[Evolution] Re: Evolution 0.1 is out.

[Gustavo João Alves Marques Carneiro <ee96090 fe up pt>]

  You forgot to mention that Evolution also requires libunicode and
gnome-vfs. Maybe there's more, I haven't made a successful configure yet.

On 2 Jun 2000, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

> Hello guys!
>
>     A new developer's release of Evolution is now available.  The
>     "Amoeba" release, as we call Evolution 0.1, is a great advance
>     for us, and we've been watching it grow with great excitement.
>     
>     You can find more information about Evolution in the Evolution web
>     page: http://www.helixcode.com/apps/evolution.php3
>
> * Availability
>
>       You can get the Evolution 0.1 tarball here:
>
>       ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/evolution
>
>       Evolution also requires a new version of GtkHTML (0.4):
>
>       ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/gtkhtml
>
>       Evolution also requires the latest version of Bonobo (0.15):
>
>       ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/bonobo
>
>       Evolution also requires the latest version of Gnome Print 0.20:
>
>       ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-print
>
> * Mailing lists
>
>       You can subscribe to the Evolution developers list or the
>       Evolution users list by going to the Evolution home page on
>       http://www.helixcode.com/apps/evolution.php3
>
> * Executive Summary of changes:
>
>       In the Mail system:
>         * vFolders: This unique, advanced feature allows users to save
>           complex searches as though they were simple folders full of mail.
>         * Evolution now allows the sending of plain-text mail
>         * Filtering has been implemented
>         * A bug that made the POP code not work with some servers has been fixed
>         * SMTP works, and IMAP support is under way
>         * Display and GUI improvements
>
>         In the Addressbook: 
>         * Contact Editor supports addition of arbitrary fields
>         * Printing support implemented
>         * Sorting and GUI improvements
>         * LDAP work much further along
>         * Custom category support implemented
>         * CORBA interface now supports write protection on cards
>
>         In the Calendar:
>         * Recurring and single-time events handled gracefully
>         * Alarms now supported
>         * Time zone support fixed
>         * Ranges now selectable by time column 
>         * Event Editor works with Glade and GnomeApp
>
> * Hacker view of the release:
>
>       * Documentation
>
>         Aaron Weber's Evolution manual now ships with this version
>         of Evolution.
>
>       * Mail system
>
>         Now it uses a single HTML display widget for the whole
>         message, which flickers much less and should simplify
>         printing of mail messages (Dan Winship)
>
>         vFolders have been implemented!  (Michael Zucchi)
>
>         Filtering has been hooked up to the interface (Zucchi-o).
>         Both regular filtering, as well as a filter interface to
>         construct your very own vFolders.  Yep.  You can make them.
>         Even I can.
>
>         Jeff Stedfast of Spruce fame has begun working at Helix
>         Code, and he has been working on the SMTP delivery system
>         (which works now, record time hacking) and the IMAP provider
>         (he is still working on this one).
>
>         The mail display looks just gorgeous.  Go check it yourself
>         (Dan, Larry Ewing).
>
>         New mail configuration dialog (Jeff)
>
>         We can now send text and html (before we could only send
>         html) (Dan, Larry).
>
>         Some keyboard navigation support. (Dan, Chris Lahey)
>
>         "Date" column in the message list (Dan, Chris)
>
>         Lots of bug fixes, lots of improvements.  Too detailed to
>         list :-)
>
>         Camel internal cleanup, expansion, and general loving from
>         Dan and Michael.  Btw, Michael is a man with one blue laptop.
>
>       * Shell
>
>         We now have a tree view for the Evolution folders (Ettore).
>
>         Toggleability of tree view and shortcut views (Ettore).
>
>         New paned support (using Chris Lahey's widget above).
>
>         New look for displaying components (Ettore).
>
>       * AddressBook improvements
>
>         Contact Editor now supports arbitrary fields to be added for
>         creating custom display forms and adding arbitrary fields to
>         the vCard object (Chris).
>
>         Printing of addressbooks has been implemented (Chris).
>
>         Double clicking on an empty spot creates a new contact
>         (Chris Lahey)
>
>         GUI touchups (Ettore, Miguel)
>
>         Alphabet tabs to jump to contacts by first letter (Chris)
>
>         Sorting is now case insensitive on the minicard display
>         (Chris).
>
>         Default startup mode for the addressbook in table mode is
>         simpler (Chris).
>
>         Further LDAP work (Chris Toshok).
>
>         Support categories (Chris)
>
>         CORBA interface now supports read-only and read-write cards.
>         (Toshok)
>
>         (Btw, rumour is that Chris Lahey loves Model/View things
>         these days.)
>
>       * Calendar Land
>
>         The EventEditor has been GnomeAppized (Federico).
>
>         Alarms are now supported (Federico).
>
>         Calendar should load and save events now (Federico).
>
>         Support for unrecurring events (Damon).
>
>         Now you can select a time range using the time column
>         (Damon).
>
>         Major bug in the time zone handling fixed (Federico).
>
>         Gladified the EventEditor (Seth, Federico)
>
>         New GNOME::Calendar::Repository interface
>
>       * Widgets, widgets, widgets
>
>         New e-paned widget used as a pane that can be dragged from
>         any point instead of just from the handle.  Chris Lahey
>         worked on this one.  Ideas and code taken from the Gtk 1.4
>         widget.  This widget also makes the divison bar dissapear if
>         one of the paned widgets is hidden.
>
>         Federico imported a new EScrolledWindow that simplifies
>         border handling for some widgets.
>
>         We have now an auto-hook system for Glade dialogs (Federico)
>
>         Simple routines for adding images to our dialogs (Chris).
>
>         ETable got a lot of loving from Chris Lahey: new selection
>         modes; strikeout and bold display in e-cell-text; scrollbars
>         are shown and hidden as required; context sensitive menu on
>         headers; speed improvements; ETable automatically resizes
>         columns.
>
>         Maintenance and love to EShortcutBar (Damon, Ettore).
>
>       * General Visual improvements
>
>         The tree display of folders now contains nice mini-icons from
>         Tuomas.
>
>       * Categories
>
>         We now have an Evolution global category editor (Chris).  It
>         not only kicks a lot of butt, but we have a few nice ideas
>         on how to make this beautiful.  We welcome contributions.
>
>       * Compile features.
>
>         Spec file has been integrated into Evolution to let people
>         build RPMs.
>
> The Evolution Team.
>
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Gustavo J.A.M. Carneiro
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