Re: [Evolution] downloads page

[N B Day <nbday fastmail fm>]

On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 17:28 -0300, BAPR wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 12:19 -0700, N B Day wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 15:30 -0300, BAPR wrote:
> > >
> > 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.
>
> From the Evo info blurb provided in Ubuntu Software Centre in the latest
> stable version of Ubuntu
>
> Quote
> Canonical provides critical updates for Evolution Mail and Calendar
> until January 2014.
> Unquote

That's when Ubuntu 13.04 goes EOL. I don't think that refers to
evolution specifically.  Ubuntu 13.10 will be based on GNOME 3.8, so
software based on GNOME 3.4 will not get any updates from Ubuntu after
13.04 is EOL, including evolution 3.6.x.  Evolution 3.8.x is provided by
Ubuntu 13.10.


> Be that as it may, if we newcomers have little knowledge of your
> technical world (I have no idea what a PPA is), you are essentially
> depriving those less technically inclined folks from jumping on the
> Linux bandwagon.
PPA = Personal Package Archive.  Basically, non-Canonical or non-Ubuntu
repositories run by people who package software.  Duck-Duck-Go is your friend.

> > Please don't top post.
>
>
> Ahh - the words that drive many of us away from these helpful forums

Is it so hard to do as the Romans do when in Rome?  No, it's merely
polite.


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