Re: [Evolution] evo 2

["Kelly J. Morris" <kjmlists comcast net>]

On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 16:53, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> the evolution lists are for evolution only. 

Updating Evolution is not germane to an Evolution list?

> not general tech-support (we
> are developers of evolution, not tech support personel

If you say so. But, I was directed here, and when I subscribed, I
received the following message: "
Welcome to the evolution lists ximian com mailing list! This list is
for discussion of Ximian Evolution, the GNOME mail, calendar, and
address book (groupware) application.

No indication anywhere that this is a developers-only list. 


>  and so we have no
> clue about what is happening with SuSE 9.0 support, etc)

Boy, that sure encourages me to get behind Novell/SuSE/Ximian! But
thanks for your candor ...

So, as Ximian's official rep, you're telling me to get off this list and
go somewhere else with my Evolution questions?


Kelly Morris


> Jeff
>
> On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 16:49 -0400, Kelly J. Morris wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 16:13, Evan Prodromou wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 16:03 -0400, Kelly J. Morris wrote:
> > >
> > > > I, too, would appreciate hearing from Ximian about what I can expect in
> > > > terms of updates not only of Evolution, but also of XD2, oOo, and RC
> > > > itself by using Red Carpet.
> > >
> > > That sounds more like a question for Novell technical support than for
> > > the Evolution users' list.
> >
> > As far as I know, the Ximian users lists (Users, Evolution, OpenOffice,
> > etc.) *are* Novell/Ximian's technical support for us individual users. I
> > was directed to the lists when I encountered problems.
> > >   http://support.novell.com/
> >
> > The web fora - last time I checked - would direct me and my problem to a
> > canned list of Q&As, which rarely answered my question. Therefore, I
> > gravitate to the lists, where I have a better chance of getting answers
> > that are specific to my problem.
> >
> > > At the very least, it should go to the red-carpet list:
> > >
> > >   http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/red-carpet
> >
> > OK, I can do that. But isn't the updating of Novell/Ximian SW via Red
> > Carpet (or not) something that applies to all? Either Novell/Ximian is
> > gonna use Red Carpet to update Evolution (and other apps and the SuSE
> > OS) or it isn't. If I'm going to make a choice about what SW to use or
> > not use, I need information. I'd like to know, one way or the other.
> >
> > Kelly Morris 
> > > ~ESP
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
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