Comments on: Evolution in 11.1 http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/ Shining a spotlight on the openSUSE Community Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:44:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bryen http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Bryen Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:16:01 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-683 I'm not sure where the assumption that Evolution is dead came from. Evolution was one of the main things that attracted me to Linux in the first place and with each new release of openSUSE, comes an even better version of Evolution. There is a full team supporting Evolution, and there is an excellent community beyond the core team that supports it via the #evolution IRC channel on the gimpnet network. There is also the www.go-evo.org website. I also know for a fact that the team actively engages with the community to find ways to continually innovate and improve Evolution. Personally, I'm excited to see the new Mail Template feature implemented. This is the product of the team engaging with folks like me in the community to get ideas. I filed the idea and the Evo team ran with it and now it's in place. Thank you Evo team for a great job. I’m not sure where the assumption that Evolution is dead came from. Evolution was one of the main things that attracted me to Linux in the first place and with each new release of openSUSE, comes an even better version of Evolution. There is a full team supporting Evolution, and there is an excellent community beyond the core team that supports it via the #evolution IRC channel on the gimpnet network.

There is also the http://www.go-evo.org website.

I also know for a fact that the team actively engages with the community to find ways to continually innovate and improve Evolution. Personally, I’m excited to see the new Mail Template feature implemented. This is the product of the team engaging with folks like me in the community to get ideas. I filed the idea and the Evo team ran with it and now it’s in place. Thank you Evo team for a great job.

]]> By: AlbertoP http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-682 AlbertoP Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:21:33 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-682 Evolution not being actively developed nor maintained is not really true. I agree with Sankar. I have been using Evolution practically since I started to use Linux (~6 years), and improvements are really evident. Bye, A. Evolution not being actively developed nor maintained is not really true. I agree with Sankar. I have been using Evolution practically since I started to use Linux (~6 years), and improvements are really evident.

Bye,
A.

]]> By: Laurent Espitallier http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Laurent Espitallier Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:59:05 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-680 I like Evolution, but I really hope it will soon support MAPI with Exchange 2007 so that I could use it when i'm at work. I like Evolution, but I really hope it will soon support MAPI with Exchange 2007 so that I could use it when i’m at work.

]]> By: Zonker http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Zonker Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:54:20 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-679 Awesome. Thanks! Awesome. Thanks!

]]> By: Sankar http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Sankar Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:53:59 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-678 I have been improving the GroupWise provider and the biggest complaint from the users is the inability to see threading headers, which I am not getting from the server. I have been trying to improve it. If you have any issues with evo (and groupwise connectivity), ping us in #opensuse-gnome and we can get things improved sooner. I have been improving the GroupWise provider and the biggest complaint from the users is the inability to see threading headers, which I am not getting from the server. I have been trying to improve it. If you have any issues with evo (and groupwise connectivity), ping us in #opensuse-gnome and we can get things improved sooner.

]]> By: Sankar http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Sankar Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:48:12 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-677 It is an absolutely baseless claim. If I had to list the improvements for evolution on the last four years, this page will be insufficient. To just highlight the top three things: 1) Creation of evolution-data-server, which is used by calendar applet, conduits and so many other desktop applications 2) sqlite based summary for mails 3) Numerous plugins - templates , attachment reminder, mono plugins. New providers: GroupWise, MAPI based native exchange connectivity, Google calendar. Look at ohloh or some such statistics. The number of bugs getting fixed per release, the number of contributors per release are increasing manifold. Check who tops the list of bug fixers and patch reviewers for last two years statistics in Gnome bugzilla. Afterall, It is an opensource project and in addition to complaining, why don't you try improving it ? Your patches are welcomed. It is an absolutely baseless claim. If I had to list the improvements for evolution on the last four years, this page will be insufficient. To just highlight the top three things:

1) Creation of evolution-data-server, which is used by calendar applet, conduits and so many other desktop applications
2) sqlite based summary for mails
3) Numerous plugins – templates , attachment reminder, mono plugins. New providers: GroupWise, MAPI based native exchange connectivity, Google calendar.

Look at ohloh or some such statistics. The number of bugs getting fixed per release, the number of contributors per release are increasing manifold. Check who tops the list of bug fixers and patch reviewers for last two years statistics in Gnome bugzilla.

Afterall, It is an opensource project and in addition to complaining, why don’t you try improving it ? Your patches are welcomed.

]]> By: Livio http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Livio Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:36:08 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-676 Thunderbird's development is even alive. And seems getting faster and faster since Mozilla officially dropped it and Mozilla Messaging took it. Thunderbird’s development is even alive. And seems getting faster and faster since Mozilla officially dropped it and Mozilla Messaging took it.

]]> By: rawsausage http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/17/evolution-in-111/comment-page-1/#comment-675 rawsausage Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:17:01 +0000 http://zonker.opensuse.org/?p=275#comment-675 No wonder Evolution plain sucks. It has not been actively developed for the last 4 or so years. Go see their bug tracker if you want proof. That project is practically dead and unmaintained - even more undeveloped. No wonder Evolution plain sucks. It has not been actively developed for the last 4 or so years. Go see their bug tracker if you want proof. That project is practically dead and unmaintained – even more undeveloped.

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