Re: [Evolution] Migrating Evolution

[Steve T <stevetucknott yahoo co uk>]

On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 08:55 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 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

Patrick,
Sorry - so is simply backing up and restoring still the same way to migrate?

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