Re: [Evolution] Compiling on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

[Paul Stejskal <bratstejskal gmail com>]

在 2018-04-10Tue的 18:56 +0200，Milan Crha写道：
> On Tue, 2018-04-10 at 17:37 +0200, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
> > - Is this the best way or is there a better way? (I am developer
> > myself)
> > - Do I need follow some specific compiling/installation guides for
> > Ubuntu or can just download the source and start compiling? :)
>
>       Hi,
> you might find all the answers here:
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/Building
> and eventually here:
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/Flatpak
> after you read the first paragraph of the former. The Flatpak version
> as provided in Evolution sources has also its caveats, which you should
> be aware of (also the first paragraph, in the second wiki page).
>
> Long story short, main issue (and the reason why LTS distros do not
> update evolution) is that evolution requires evolution-data-server,
> which is also used by other programs (and even GNOME shell), thus when
> you update evolution-data-server you usually need to update also all
> other installed applications which depend on it. The Building wiki
> compiles into a separate prefix, thus you can run the code "in
> parallel", which usually works (at least here). The Ubuntu 16.04 is
> really old, you'll see how well it'll work for you.
>       Bye,
>       Milan

18.04 will be out in a few days. April 29th?