* Lyvim Xaphir (2006-12-29 12:41 -0500) said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 17:22 +0000, Leo wrote: >> Since Core and Extras are to be merged. I have changed the subject. >> >> * Gilboa Davara (2006-12-29 09:36 +0200) said: > >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> > The OP made a bold statement about *Fedora* users. I would have been >> > nice if he took the time to back it up with solid numbers. >> >> What kind of number do you need? >> >> Evolution may be useful for users need to sync with PDA or connect to >> an EXCHANGE server. But that is a very small portion. Being bloated, >> slow and memory hog, evolution is useless. There are other MUAs doing >> a better job in almost all things. >> >> > BTW, once Thunderbird / Lightning get OpenSync/Pilot support, I'll >> > be the first one to dump Evo. Until such time (and as long as KMail >> > remains a usability nightmare [and this from an avid KDE user...]), >> > leave Evolution be. >> >> So there is no point making it a default mailer. >> >> -- >> Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F) >> > > You are flat wrong. I use it in two environments and it works. I know > others that get good use out of Evo, even with the Evo demonizers hard > at work on this list. Can't that be achieved using other mailer? > BTW the man asked you for proof and you provided none. Have you not read What Saikat Guha wrote in <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/46845>? Gmane has a very comprehensive stats. It's a bit dated. I will ask the team to update that page if possible. See: http://gmane.org/user-agents.php > If you value your user base, you don't pull a valuable plug like Evo > out of the chain. It's stupid. That would be like Micro$haft > nixing Outlook, which would not make sense to them cause they have a > userbase on it. Just as stupid to do it here cause, like there, it > would alienate a solid user base. Your argument would be convincing if we are talking about removing Evolution from the distro. > (That might be what you want, since that is what you are > suggesting.) No. There being equally popular mailer indicates a sensible solution not making Evolution the default mailer. > Not that some developers are overly worried about that. But there > are a few of us that actually are worried about Fedora within the > context of Ubuntu and generally more successful distributions. The > concerns continue to be valid as long as some developers continue on > a socialist bend. That lies in making a reasonably popular collection of apps that work out of box. -- Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
