[Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

[Betti Ann and Preston Smith <prbasmith gmail com>]

Good morning!!

On 23/08/2013 6:35 PM, N B Day wrote:
> 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.
I can see how that can be interpreted two ways. I have also seen another 
reference to Canonical dropping Evolution in the next release (I cannot 
remember where I saw it).  What will be will be!
> > 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.
Thank you for explaining this.  I have just upgraded to Evo 3.8.? via 
this method.  It worked very well

> > > 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.
The issue of top, bottom or interspersed postings will exist for ever. I 
prefer top posting because I present and can read the bottom line 
immediately. The context advantage of bottom posting is good but to read 
the bottom line I have to take a couple of extra key strokes. The above 
example of interspersed posting speaks for itself. To be honest I do not 
bother reading most bottom posted messages

Telling someone not to bottom post without even a welcome or salutation 
is in itself rude.

In any case, thank you for your response. It helped me immensely

Preston