Please make Evolution the default mailer

[Leo]

* 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.

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Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)