Comments on: Evolution 2.24 & Windows port http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/ My personal weblog on my work in GNOME Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cRoW2k http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-374 cRoW2k Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:07:47 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-374 @Bharath Acharya: Nothing change also after killed bonobo process. And evolution-exchange continue to die. A debug utility would be really appreciated! @Bharath Acharya:
Nothing change also after killed bonobo process. And evolution-exchange continue to die. A debug utility would be really appreciated!

]]> By: cRoW2k http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-373 cRoW2k Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:49:17 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-373 1)i try then i write u again 2) thanks :) 3) Great! "And yes it is ready and we have some nice ideas to build on it. You’ll have an installer for every dot release to test :) Thanks" this sound really good! 1)i try then i write u again
2) thanks :)
3) Great!

“And yes it is ready and we have some nice ideas to build on it. You’ll have an installer for every dot release to test :) Thanks”

this sound really good!

]]> By: Bill Hewett http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Bill Hewett Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:19:11 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-372 "In GNOME I keep Evolution in the second virtual desktop, but none of those in Windows." Install the Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager from Windows Power Toys... it pretty much mimics the Linux virtual desktop feature. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx “In GNOME I keep Evolution in the second virtual desktop, but none of those in Windows.”

Install the Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager from Windows Power Toys… it pretty much mimics the Linux virtual desktop feature.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx

]]> By: Maurizio http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Maurizio Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:37:41 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-371 I'm trying to use Evolution for windows with my Exchange account, but it complain about cannot read a file. Of course, that file doesn't exist. Is there a place where obtain support about evolution for windows or where to post related bugs? Cannot read file ½C:\DOCUME~1\Maurizio\IMPOST~1\Temp\.exchange-Maurizio\myuser@myserver.com╗: Apertura del file "C:\DOCUME~1\Maurizio\IMPOST~1\Temp\.exchange-Maurizio\myuser@myserver.com" fallita: No such file or directory (where myuser@myserver is my account) I’m trying to use Evolution for windows with my Exchange account, but it complain about cannot read a file. Of course, that file doesn’t exist.
Is there a place where obtain support about evolution for windows or where to post related bugs?

Cannot read file ½C:\DOCUME~1\Maurizio\IMPOST~1\Temp\.exchange-Maurizio\myuser@myserver.com╗: Apertura del file “C:\DOCUME~1\Maurizio\IMPOST~1\Temp\.exchange-Maurizio\myuser@myserver.com” fallita: No such file or directory

(where myuser@myserver is my account)

]]> By: Bharath Acharya http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Bharath Acharya Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:43:10 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-370 @cRoW2k: 1) The console spews out a lot of debug messages about SQL. Nothing critical. Program doesn't start? Maybe some firewall issues, can't really say though. Can you look into the task manager and kill bonobo-activation-server process. Me and Tor did have a chat about it sometime back. Can you confirm if that works. Onto it now. 2) Currently yes there isn't. We'll make sure we have a nice icon for the launcher. 3) I couldn't really catch any such thing affecting Exchange. Will provide a debug-info installer for Evolution so that we could catch this one. And yes it is ready and we have some nice ideas to build on it. You'll have an installer for every dot release to test :) Thanks @cRoW2k:
1) The console spews out a lot of debug messages about SQL. Nothing critical. Program doesn’t start? Maybe some firewall issues, can’t really say though. Can you look into the task manager and kill bonobo-activation-server process. Me and Tor did have a chat about it sometime back. Can you confirm if that works. Onto it now.
2) Currently yes there isn’t. We’ll make sure we have a nice icon for the launcher.
3) I couldn’t really catch any such thing affecting Exchange. Will provide a debug-info installer for Evolution so that we could catch this one.

And yes it is ready and we have some nice ideas to build on it. You’ll have an installer for every dot release to test :) Thanks

]]> By: cRoW2k http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-369 cRoW2k Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:08:41 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-369 On my LAN it doesn't work. I've tried it on 3 workstation (XP Sp3) usi OWA as default email client. 1) The black (debug) screen reports many SQL errors and the program doesn't start 2) There's not the icon on the evolution.exe 3) I'm been luckly once, but evolution-exchange-storage stop works after first connection to my exchange 2003 server. U're sure that this release is ready for public? (and i'm a beta tester of everything!!) On my LAN it doesn’t work. I’ve tried it on 3 workstation (XP Sp3) usi OWA as default email client.
1) The black (debug) screen reports many SQL errors and the program doesn’t start
2) There’s not the icon on the evolution.exe
3) I’m been luckly once, but evolution-exchange-storage stop works after first connection to my exchange 2003 server.

U’re sure that this release is ready for public? (and i’m a beta tester of everything!!)

]]> By: aklapper http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-367 aklapper Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:46:42 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-367 @Osmo: maybe there is something like http://alltray.sourceforge.net/ for Windows. @rehdon: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/evo-conversation/ - no idea about plans for official inclusion though. @sockrebel: Work in progress, planned for 2.26 (relicensing required). @Osmo: maybe there is something like http://alltray.sourceforge.net/ for Windows.

@rehdon: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/evo-conversation/ – no idea about plans for official inclusion though.

@sockrebel: Work in progress, planned for 2.26 (relicensing required).

]]> By: Tor Lillqvist http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Tor Lillqvist Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:24:14 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-366 About 64-bit version: Do you really need it, do you need to handle mail messages in the gigabyte range? Or are you just of the (misguided) opinion that running 32-bit applications on a 64-bit OS is "not using all of the CPU that you have paid for"? Please note that not even Microsoft itself provide 64-bit builds of such a flagship applications as Visual Studio. The GTK+ stack as such is already available as a 64-bit Windows build, and some GTK+ apps, especially GIMP, definitely benefit from being runnable as 64-bit processes. (For processing huge images on machines with lots of physical memory.) Building all of Evolution's dependencies (i.e. the GNOME stack below Evolution and above GTK+) as 64-bit versions will presumably require some changes here and there. And then there is the question of the depencendies that we don't build ourselves, the Mozilla bits, pthreads-win32, gnutls, I don't know if there are prebuilt 64-bit versions of those even. So I don't think I personally will bother with that unless somebody can point out that there is a real need to run some application (like Evolution) that uses these libraries as a 64-bit process. About 64-bit version: Do you really need it, do you need to handle mail messages in the gigabyte range? Or are you just of the (misguided) opinion that running 32-bit applications on a 64-bit OS is “not using all of the CPU that you have paid for”? Please note that not even Microsoft itself provide 64-bit builds of such a flagship applications as Visual Studio.

The GTK+ stack as such is already available as a 64-bit Windows build, and some GTK+ apps, especially GIMP, definitely benefit from being runnable as 64-bit processes. (For processing huge images on machines with lots of physical memory.)

Building all of Evolution’s dependencies (i.e. the GNOME stack below Evolution and above GTK+) as 64-bit versions will presumably require some changes here and there. And then there is the question of the depencendies that we don’t build ourselves, the Mozilla bits, pthreads-win32, gnutls, I don’t know if there are prebuilt 64-bit versions of those even.

So I don’t think I personally will bother with that unless somebody can point out that there is a real need to run some application (like Evolution) that uses these libraries as a 64-bit process.

]]> By: Tor Lillqvist http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Tor Lillqvist Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:14:55 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-365 About running Evolution under wine: Unfortunately there is a problem that makes even the most trivial GTK+ test application use much too large fonts when run under wine. Nobody has been interested enough to debug and trace down the cause for this, even though it presumably is just some trivial thing. Presumably at least that will cause trouble for Evolution. Also remember that running Evolution actually means running at least four and maybe even six separate processes that need to run in the same wine environment. I don't know wine well enough to say how easy it is to set this up. About running Evolution under wine: Unfortunately there is a problem that makes even the most trivial GTK+ test application use much too large fonts when run under wine. Nobody has been interested enough to debug and trace down the cause for this, even though it presumably is just some trivial thing. Presumably at least that will cause trouble for Evolution.

Also remember that running Evolution actually means running at least four and maybe even six separate processes that need to run in the same wine environment. I don’t know wine well enough to say how easy it is to set this up.

]]> By: Jaroslav Šmíd http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/2008/10/03/evolution-224-windows-port/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Jaroslav Šmíd Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:23:57 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sragavan/?p=46#comment-364 And what about win64 port, any change we will have it? And what about win64 port, any change we will have it?

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