Re: [Evolution] how to move mails and configs to a new machine

[mario chiari <ml mariochiari net>]

Hi

thanks so much again

On gio, 2016-03-24 at 16:42 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
....
> > > Transferring your whole home directory will also transfer all the
> > > Evolution data and settings - but that is only really useful if
> > > you
> > > actually want all your home moved!  
> > on the old machine, it seems I have
> > -- most Evolution stuff under the folder
> > /root/.local/share/evolution
> > (198497 items, totalling 8,5 GB)
...
> > -- a further folder /root/.evolution
...
> That's an Evolution data store from a much earlier version. 
Ok, fine
> (search for
> "Data storage locations").

"Data storage" explains:

> > Evolution 3.6 and later stores its data according to the XDG Base
Directory Specification. By default this means: 

The user's data files   $HOME/.local/share/evolution 
Various configuration and state files   $HOME/.config/evolution
Account settings        $HOME/.config/evolution/sources
Disposable data caches  $HOME/.cache/evolution
Configuration settings in GSettings     $HOME/.config/dconf <<

so, do i need to copy&paste all (and only) above directories from old
machine over to the new one? Is doing so safe? 


thks cheers
m.



ps 
about your rant:

Actually Fedora has been installed with a user account. This is  my
home (real) desktop machine, I have been logging as root for years,
without any issue (at least not issues I am aware of). Is it really so
bad?
Anyway, I appreciate you care.