Re: [Evolution] Evolution stopped fetching e-mails after Linux update

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:53:16 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> CentOS 6 is not vintage. It is a current release.

You seem not to understand the context of my reply. Evolution 2.32.3 is
far a way from being a current software release from Evolution
upstream. I never claimed that Centos 6 reached EOL. Feel free to
provide support for a release of Evolution that is based upon a GNOME
release, that is dropped completely by GNOME upstream. Feel free to use
such a distro for a desktop PC to run a mail client. The kind of Linux
that might be reasonable for a sat receiver, sever or what ever elsenot
desktop related task, has got less to do, with a reasonable Linux
release for the distro you'll use to run a MUA.

> TBH the CentOS mailing list is likely to send people to the Evolution
> mailing list - there are not enough specialised desktop people on that
> list as most people use CentOS as a server OS, not a desktop one.

If they provide Evolution 2.x they are most likely the most reasonable
persons to contact. If there should be an issue with the 2.6 kernel,
would they recommend to send a request to the kernel mailing list?

There's no LTS kernel 2.x anymore at https://www.kernel.org/ and apart
from this even when using a recent kernel, the Centos kernel seemingly
is tainted with out-of-tree patches.

In regards to requesting support by other communities and not the
Centros community, it is a bizarre distro.

Somebody using such a distro, should expect to get weak support by most
Linux communities. The best bet is to ask for support at the
appropriate place.

Regards,
Ralf