Evolution Data Server...
Hello, So this isn't a strictly development question, but based on the answer it very well could be. I don't use evolution, but the evolution-data-server is running. Is it used for anything else? If not, perhaps it would be good to not run it as part of the gnome session when the users default mail client isn't evolution. If it is used for other purposes then whatever. Otherwise I can file a bug report if desired... -- Nathanael noblet -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: Evolution Data Server...
On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 09:36 -0700, Nathanael D. Noblet wrote: Hello, So this isn't a strictly development question, but based on the answer it very well could be. I don't use evolution, but the evolution-data-server is running. Is it used for anything else? If not, perhaps it would be good to not run it as part of the gnome session when the users default mail client isn't evolution. If it is used for other purposes then whatever. Otherwise I can file a bug report if desired... Yes, several other things use it. It's something of an unfortunate name; e-d-s is really a generic PIM information server. It's a sensible model: it lets multiple applications access and modify the information in question while they are all active. KDE, which did not used to use this model, had a problem where if anything other than KMail wanted to use contact data - say you wanted to synchronize it with another device via OpenSync - you had to close KMail first, or messiness could ensue (the sync would fail, or in a bad case KMail could fall over; I think in a really really bad case you could even lose or duplicate data). KDE is switching to the model of having a server for this information with Akonadi. GNOME's server for this information is e-d-s. The most common non-Evolution user of e-d-s data is the clock applet on the panel; it notifies you of impending appointments, and it does this by looking them up via e-d-s. But there are several others too. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: Evolution Data Server...
On 11/02/2009 09:52 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 09:36 -0700, Nathanael D. Noblet wrote: Hello, So this isn't a strictly development question, but based on the answer it very well could be. I don't use evolution, but the evolution-data-server is running. Is it used for anything else? If not, perhaps it would be good to not run it as part of the gnome session when the users default mail client isn't evolution. If it is used for other purposes then whatever. Otherwise I can file a bug report if desired... Yes, several other things use it. It's something of an unfortunate name; e-d-s is really a generic PIM information server. It's a sensible model: it lets multiple applications access and modify the information in question while they are all active. KDE, which did not used to use this model, had a problem where if anything other than KMail wanted to use contact data - say you wanted to synchronize it with another device via OpenSync - you had to close KMail first, or messiness could ensue (the sync would fail, or in a bad case KMail could fall over; I think in a really really bad case you could even lose or duplicate data). KDE is switching to the model of having a server for this information with Akonadi. GNOME's server for this information is e-d-s. The most common non-Evolution user of e-d-s data is the clock applet on the panel; it notifies you of impending appointments, and it does this by looking them up via e-d-s. But there are several others too. Good to know! ;) Thanks for the info. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
