From: Bakay Árpád <arpad bakay netvisor hu>
To: Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>; Akhil Laddha <lakhil novell com>
Cc: evolution-list gnome org
Sent: Wed, 3 August, 2011 14:05:48
Subject: Re: [Evolution] New Evolution User Documentation
Dear all,
While compilation of a software is typically not part of the User guide, I believe
it makes sense with an open source project where users should be encouraged to try the bleeding edge.
I am also saying that because I always have issues with compilation of the new versions like new dependencies on exchange mapi, glib, gtk, etc. (As of now I can build evo-mapi for 3.1.4, (which crashes, but it is OK for development software), but still need to dig into svn logs for the compatible libs for 3.0.2 or 3.1.3.)
So do you agree that reasonably detailed "building Evolution" howto-s for some popular distributions would make sense, e.g. as an Appendix?
Arpad
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Sent: Wed 2011. 08. 03. 13:40
To: Akhil Laddha
Cc:
evolution-list gnome orgSubject: Re: [Evolution] New Evolution User Documentation ready
On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 12:02 +0530, Akhil Laddha wrote:
> I am just wondering if Palm topic in section Synchronize Evolution with
> other devices is relevant to keep in Evolution user doc after conduit
> code [1] has been moved out from EDS.
I'd like to cover syncing with other devices as it's a common question,
however it's one of those pages in the new docs that I am not happy
about, and who still uses ancient Palm devices?:-/
The page is basically copied from the old guide, because of missing
knowledge and no opportunities to test, and the help page even says "If
you can provide good practices or more information on this topic feel
free to file a bug report in GNOME's bug tracking system".
A similar problem with documentation might be evolution-mapi
and
evo-groupwise[1] that should only be shown if those packages are
installed (see [2]). That's something to sort out later...
andre
[1]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-hackers/2011-May/msg00016.html[2]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2011-May/msg00015.htmlHi :)
If it's possible to have a couple of pages describing an idealised or general case and then give links to places that are more likely to be specific to distros then that might be a good compromise? It seems that a lot of answers to problems with Evo quite often need devs skill to fix and it's tricky to find a garage mechanic sometimes! A brief couple of pages might help non-devs.
I do know at least 1 person that still uses an old Palm. Not me of course, a friend. Well, a parent tbh.
Regards from
Tom :)
