Re: [Evolution] Installation page for the Evolution wiki

[Andrew Beverley <andy andybev com>]

On Tue, 2014-05-13 at 12:04 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2014-05-13 at 10:40 +0100, Andrew Beverley wrote:
> > I'd like to add an "installation" page to the Evolution wiki. Before I
> > do so, I wanted to check that I hadn't missed an existing one?
> >
> > At this stage I only intend to add instructions on how to install
> > Evolution from source in Ubuntu, but of course more could follow.
> >
> > If I hear nothing back, then I'll create a new page on the wiki at the
> > URL https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/Installation
>
> But isn't "installing" to most people doubleclicking on some installer
> file and answering some checkboxes in a window, instead of watching some
> source code flying by for hours after entering obscure commands in that
> black text-only screen?

Sorry, I actually meant "building from source" ;-)

Maybe that would be a better title, although whenever I go to a
project's documentation I expect there to be /something/ about
installation.

> If the page had a big banner saying "this is for tech users only; use
> the software manager of your system to install Evolution in order to not
> should yourself in the foot if you don't know what you're doing" that
> might work though.

Sure, I could add that.