On Wed, 2019-01-23 at 11:54 -0600, mcatanz...@gnome.org wrote: > Thing is, we don't have any email apps in core. It just doesn't make > sense to have email settings in gnome-online-accounts when none of > the core apps (the apps installed by default) actually use those > settings. It's just going to confuse users with settings that don't > do anything.
Hi, I guess, in that case, you can safely drop also the Microsoft Exchange accounts from GOA. The main consumer, as far as I know, is evolution-data-server, through evolution-ews. While the mail accounts configured with evolution-ews can work without Evolution, evolution-ews depends on Evolution, thus it brings it in. The evolution-ews also runs on the background evolution-data-server processes (factories and the source registry). You can access calendars/contacts/tasks/memos without using the mail part, but the main advantage of the Microsoft Exchange is the integration of all those 5 parts (something which is against GNOME design and the way it is led in the last years, I know). I mean, hiding the Mail switch from GOA for Microsoft Exchange accounts doesn't make sense. It may even confuse the users. It also seems like using GOA by core apps (is evolution-data-server considered an app, maybe it's just 'core') is meant only from GNOME desktop. At least according to gnome-control-central behavior, which rejects to access GOA when not running under GNOME for couple releases now [1]. It got better, because it's crashing in 3.30.2, while it opened an empty tab before. This is probably unrelated, unless it's an intention, similar to drop documents support from GOA. Bye, Milan [1] Evolution adds "Open Settings" button for GOA accounts, to make life easier to the users. It calls: gnome-control-central online-accounts which did work several releases ago, regardless which desktop environment the user used. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues/66 Maybe if GOA settings could be called out of the gnome-control-central? Users do need to go there from time to time. On the other hand, with flatpak and its inaccessibility of the system gnome-control-central it doesn't matter as that much. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list