Re: [Evolution] bug re Message menu item

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 08:43 -0400, Carpetnailz wrote:
> > > So why is it happening? I've re-installed evo twice, once with
> > > add/remove software and once with yum. Makes no difference.
> > Why do you think adding and removing the packages(s) will do anything?
> > And whatever front end you use adding and removing is the exact same
> > thing.  This won't change anything.  If you are concerned the files from
> > a package are damaged you can use --verify to check them;  if it reports
> > nothing the files are identical to when they were installed.  And adding
> > and removing a package doesn't remove your configuration or setup -
> > which is far more likely to be the source of a problem than the
> > binaries.
> > awilliam linux-nysu:~> rpm --verify evolution
> > awilliam linux-nysu:~> rpm --verify evolution-data-server
> > awilliam linux-nysu:~> rpm -q evolution
> > evolution-3.6.0-200.3.x86_64
> None of these return any problems.

Then there is no problem with the installed packages.

> > But issues with mouse clicks, etc... are probably from below evolution
> > [like in X, your video driver, or Gtk].
> How would that affect just one menu button in the app and nothing else?

It hasn't affected anything else *you have noticed*.

It is interesting that "compose new message" is the first/top item in
the menu [vertically] and that is the action invoked rather than opening
the menu.

It could be a bug in the translation strings, or the UI builder code,
etc... Modern systems are extremely complex and have a lot of
interrelated parts - very specific corner cases can appear.

When thinking about a bug it is better to just avoid even thinking in
terms of "any", "all", "none", "every" and to avoid assuming a cause as
they will only obscure the attempt to find the actual cause.  For
instance "every message I've tested" vs. "every message".  This is a
very useful rule that really does help avoid trapping yourself mentally
[which is something I watch people debugging problems do to themselves
*all the time*].