Re: [Evolution] Migrating Evolution

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 07:45 +0000, Steve T wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 09:13 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 07:56 +0000, Steve T wrote:
> > > Is there a standard way to migrate Evolution between different OSes?
> > >
> > > I tend to use FC and have in the past simply copied the 'home' folders
> > > ( .evolution and .gconf from recollection) when I have moved up
> > > version of Fedora. Is that the 'correct'/'recommended' way - or is
> > > there some form of 'export' that should be done on the old OS that is
> > > 'imported' into the new?
> > >
> > > I was always a bit concerned that simply copying files around may
> > > 'break' something that has changed in a new version of Evolution. 
> >
> > Read the FAQ:
> > http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_transfer_all_my_Evolution_data_from_an_old_home_directory_to_a_new_home_directory.3F
> >
> > poc
> Patrick,
> I had read that section - but I couldn't see  that that covered moving
> between releases of Evolution. I am moving between say, FC4 and FC12 or
> FC9 and FC12 and my concern was that maybe the underlying 'files' and
> their structure may have changed between the releases - so just backing
> up and restoring wouldn't work. But if that is the recommended way, then
> that's fine. 

You didn't mention that you'd read it. Nevertheless, moving between
releases with large gaps, say F9 to F12 (note that since around F8 or so
Fedora is no longer designated "FC") means also changing Evo versions
with important changes. In particular, the 2.24 version of Evo
introduced a new indexing method based on SQL. It's supposed to be able
to do the conversion itself, but YMMV.

poc