Re: [Evolution] Sync'ing desktop & laptop Evolution

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 17:28 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:11:23 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
>
> > They are in Gconf. 
>
>   I wonder why in earh they are stached there., and not in the
> .evolution directory 

Because the Gnome standard says that they should be stored there. (And
anything beyond 2.30 doesn't use .evolution at all)

> (as e.g. Pan does in the .pan directory).

Are you sure about that?  From the Pan FAQ:

        4.4. Where are Pan's configuration files?
        Pan keeps its server, group, and article information in the
        `.pan' directory in your home directory. Other configuration
        settings are kept in the gnome-config setup, which is typically
        in `.gnome/Pan' in your home directory.


> > Evo was never designed to be cloned or synced in this way (or any
> > other),
>
>   I beg to differ with the "any other way ", Pete!
> Yesterday I tried the Backup/Restore functions and found they worked
> beautifully, and are so well designed and integrated.
>   It took just a few seconds to create a backup and then restore that
> into a trial installation of Evo on an other machine as a clone, which
> is precisely what I had been looking for, to allow me to clone to the
> laptop for a trip (and then clone back afterwards).

Have you tried copying it back afterwards?  I've never tried restoring
Evo on top of an existing version.

The backup/restore was never designed (or meant) to be used as a
frequent method of moving your Evo data around. If it works for you,
then fine, but I wouldn't like to advertise it as a generalised method
of doing it.

I used to try and find methods of keeping multiple copies of Evo in sync
- especially calendars and contacts, but mail as well.  Since I moved
everything on to servers and exclusively use IMAP/CalDAV/LDAP (either on
public or private servers), then things are much easier.  At the last
count I had 6 copies of Evo all working nicely together, two of which
are laptops; it has the added benefit that my iPhone also plays happily
with it.

P.