Re: [Evolution] NFS folder on network attached storage

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 13:28 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: 
> > Well, i will continue the way i have had it for the last few years,
> > and just symlink the .local/share/evolution folder, as it seems to
> > work with few problems over the NFS, and allows me to keep the
> > accounts, calendar etc  in sync between the pcs. Its not mission
> > critical stuff, and if it all goes horribly wrong i have made
> > occasional backups!
> It may appear to work now,

+1  Emphasis on "appear" and "now".

> It has been said many times on this list that it is unwise to muck about
> with Evo's internal private storage locations because something will
> break horribly if you do.

Yes, but this is just a message that won't "stick" for some people.
There is something almost pathological about a segment of the LINUX user
community that they must flail about with settings and configuration...
eventually they storm off and write a BLOG post about how everything is
so unstable, the software is broken, etc...  sigh.

> Also, in case anyone is reading this thread in the archives, I think it
> is important that it be stated explicitly that you will break Evolution
> if you try to do this.
> If you want to share data between two versions of Evolution, then use
> the correct tools for doing so - IMAP, LDAP and CalDAV on a server
> somewhere.  It is the only reliable way of doing it.

Yes, the way it was designed to work, as a client of services.

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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA