Re: [Evolution] downloads page

[N B Day <nbday fastmail fm>]

On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 15:30 -0300, BAPR wrote:
> If I may jump in here?
>
> I am a brand new Linux user who is starting his journey with the latest
> Ubuntu.
>
> Ubuntu is presently shipping with evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1
>
> As a total neophyte attempting to get comfortable with Linux via Ubuntu,
> and given that Ubuntu will no longer incorporate Evo in their releases
> come next year, how can I upgrade my version of Evo to a more current
> version? Evo's ability to work with Microsoft's Express is drawing me to
> it.
Are you sure about this?  Evolution is no longer the *default* MUA in
Ubuntu, but reasonably up-to-date versions continue to be offered in the
repositories.  I'm not on Saucy now, but I'm sure that offers evo 3.8.x.
Saucy (13.10, to be released in mid-October) still uses the evolution
calendaring functions for their version of the GNOME calendar too.

> Tom's suggestion of providing a link for Ubuntu (and other) users has
> merit
In the (IMO) very unlikely event that Ubuntu drops evolution entirely
there will certainly be people on the outside packaging it and offering
it in PPAs.  While this is a little riskier than using the
distribution's own repositories, I've never had the slightest problem
using PPAs hosted on well known places like SourceForge.  This doesn't
differ a whole lot from using the "universe" repository.

Please don't top post.

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