Re: [Evolution] Failed to access Google Contacts - Invalid request URI or header, or unsupported nonstandard parameter:

[Sorin Srbu <sorin srbu ki se>]

On Fri, 2022-01-21 at 11:04 +0000, Adam Hardy via evolution-list wrote:
> Thanks Pete, that is v. useful. 
>
> I can see that Ubuntu's latest is shipping Evolution 3.40 so Linux Mint
> can't be far behind that. I'll see if I can stick this one out until the
> next Mint upgrade. It doesn't really hurt yet that I can't use sync my
> contacts with Google. 
>
> Probably part of the price of letting Google have all my contacts :(
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>
> To: evolution-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Failed to access Google Contacts - Invalid
> request URI or header, or unsupported nonstandard parameter:
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:32:22 +0000
>
> > Invalid request URI or header, or unsupported nonstandard parameter:
> > Contacts API is being deprecated. Migrate to People API to retain
> > programmatic access to Google Contacts. See
> > https://developers.google.com/people/contacts-api-migration
> > .
> >
> > I didn't see any messages on here. I'm using 3.36.5-0ubuntu1 from the
> > latest Mint packages update.
>
> See the thread starting at:
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2021-November/msg00155.html
>
>
> > Is Linux Mint just behind the curve on rolling out Evolution upgrades
>
> Yes.
>
> More recent versions of Evolution uses CardDav and not the Contacts
> API. It's not perfect, but you don't get the warnings.
>
> Depending on your distro you might be able to get a more recent version
> by upgrading, but it is likely you will be pointed towards the Flatpak
> version.  Using those versions come with caveats, but my impression is
> that they are improving. (Not that I use them, my distro keeps up to
> date with such things.)
>
> P.

Ran into this as well.

Using Kubuntu 20.04 currently, which is based on vanilla Ubuntu 20.04.
FWIW, and if I understood it correctly, according to 
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jammy/armhf/evolution-ews, the
Evolution Mail-ews 3.42 package is proposed to be included with the upcoming
Ubuntu 22.04, which in turn suggests the entire Evolution Mail package 3.42
will be included. 

Further, according to 
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2021-November/msg00156.html,
with Evolution data server 3.42, it's suggested the warning shouldn't show
anymore, if a workaround is done.

Did I understand this correctly?


About those caveats, could you expand a bit on that?Are there gotchas' one
should be aware of with flatpaks in general or just with the Evolution Mail
flatpaks?


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