RE: [HC Evolution] Re: libole2 -> gnomevfs backend?

[Fernando Madruga <FMadruga ascoimbra pt>]

To save you guys some time reading this msg, the bottom line is:
I'll be more than happy with whatever decision evolution developers make!

> > I would DEFINITELY go for ALL settings in the '.pst' file: it makes life
a
> > lot easier when moving the file around; it's a pain having to
reconfigure
> > screen layouts, rules and the like just because one forgot to copy
> > information buried somewhere else in the file system...
>
> So don't scatter them all over the file system, keep them all in the
> same directory, and keep nothing else in there.  Like ~/.gnome/ or
> ~/.netscape/ or ...

I'm talking about stuff that is done 'transparently' by Outlook (my current
email/contacts/whatever prog.): I don't have control of where it save some
stuff, even though most of it goes into my .pst. AFAIK, Outlook Express is
even worse: it only saves mail related information (i.e.: messages) in the
folder you specify and all other configuration is either buried in the 'ini
file from hell' or saved somewhere else under a subfolder of \windows. Quite
often I have to dig for that information on some users' computer's (I work
in a TI department and I have to update/fix a user's computer every now and
then, so I know it can be a real pain if everything is not kept in a single
place.
As for me, I like to keep EVERYTHING I use on some subfolder under 'My
Documents' and that folder is usually on a different partition.

> People who claim that moving directories is "too hard" or "too
> dangerous" compared to moving files are talking out of their butts.
> What's the *real* reason you care about this?  Because that's not it,
> you're making that up.

I don't say it's harder to use a folder instead of a single file. Coming to
think of it, a folder with a few (and I mean FEW!) subfolders in it, would
not be that much more trouble than a single .pst... But, as long as
evolution works as good as it looks it is going to, I'll be more than happy
with whatever the developer's decision is: just remember that too many files
increase waste due to cluster/inode size...

Madruga