Re: [Evolution] Win32 Build Status

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 09:55 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > the current status is "it builds and can read IMAPx account
> > content",
> > but it still needs some real testing, like I'm pretty sure that
> > local
> > maildir structure will simply fail due to the file naming.
>
> I'm sorry if this sounds negative and slightly cynical, but a Windows
> build of Evolution fills me with dread, mainly for the sanity of this
> mailing list.  It's problematic enough trying to help people with
> disparate versions of Evolution on different flavours of Linux, but
> throwing in Windows into the mix as well??
>
> What was the rationale behind attempting to create a Windows variant?
> Especially as it has always been said by the developers that it was
> not
> practical since there was not enough manpower to even attempt it.

I agree. Maybe I'm wrong but I suspect that RedHat's main justification
for supporting Evo development is to be able to talk to Exchange
servers from Linux. Porting it to Windows would give very little return
and be a distraction of scarce resources.

poc