Re: [Evolution] Some keys not enterable in search?

[andré <andr55 laposte net>]

Le 2018-01-01 à 22:15, Ralf Mardorf a écrit :
> On Tue, 2018-01-02 at 03:53 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Sometimes distros even don't provide bug fixes and even not security
> > upgrades, see the policy for the official Ubuntu "universe" repository,
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories#Universe .
>
> PS:
>
> IOW assuming the coders of Evolution would "support" an outdated version
> of Evolution, it not necessarily would make it into a distro's
> repository. Let alone that bug fixes not necessarily could be applied by
> a patch to software such as Evolution. A bug fix might require a more
> recent version of a dependency. The crux of the matter is, that
> Evolution is closely linked with GNOME.

Good points.  I'm lucky enough to use a distro that has a good record of 
security & bug fixes.  (Mostly due to a few vigilent contributors.)
As well, they deliberately chose to NOT have unsupported repos.
> Btw. take a look at https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/Flatpak or
> since the OP is an Ubuntu user, see https://docs.snapcraft.io/build-snaps/ .
> I will not comment on flatpak and snappy.

Flatpak is a great idea, a sandboxed version of Evolution.
Recently I started using another app which uses AppImage for the same 
thing.  Makes it a lot easier to resolve issues or make a better bug report.
Since Evolution is so closely linked with Gnome, it is not perfect, but 
it would cover a lot of problems.

But I hadn't noticed anyone being asked to test with a flatpack version ...


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(another) André