On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 13:28 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > Well, i will continue the way i have had it for the last few years, > > and just symlink the .local/share/evolution folder, as it seems to > > work with few problems over the NFS, and allows me to keep the > > accounts, calendar etc in sync between the pcs. Its not mission > > critical stuff, and if it all goes horribly wrong i have made > > occasional backups! > It may appear to work now,
+1 Emphasis on "appear" and "now". > It has been said many times on this list that it is unwise to muck about > with Evo's internal private storage locations because something will > break horribly if you do. Yes, but this is just a message that won't "stick" for some people. There is something almost pathological about a segment of the LINUX user community that they must flail about with settings and configuration... eventually they storm off and write a BLOG post about how everything is so unstable, the software is broken, etc... sigh. > Also, in case anyone is reading this thread in the archives, I think it > is important that it be stated explicitly that you will break Evolution > if you try to do this. > If you want to share data between two versions of Evolution, then use > the correct tools for doing so - IMAP, LDAP and CalDAV on a server > somewhere. It is the only reliable way of doing it. Yes, the way it was designed to work, as a client of services. -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awill...@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
