Another option, that might not be any more practical than factoring out evolution's mail-checking code:
- Fix mail-notification's ssl issues by switching to gnutls - Get mail-notification using the messaging menu instead of the notification area (Optionally) - Let evolution export account settings so mail-notification runs automatically. On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 17:27, Conscious User <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Let me start the discussion by saying I agree with Matthew: > > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/packageselection-desktop-n-coherent-behavior-for-apps-in-messagingmenu > http://design.canonical.com/2011/03/quit/ > "The engineering solution here is for messaging clients to > split out the code that checks for new messages, so that it > can optionally run even while the rest of the application > is not." > > However, I don't think this separation is coming > anytime soon. Meanwhile, for several releases now > Evolution is being the only inconsistent application in > the Messaging Menu, the only that quits on close, the > only one that needs to be present on both the MM and the > taskbar (soon to be Unity Launcher). > > Thunderbird is getting Messaging Menu support with the > exact same problem, and to make things worse we will now > not only have redundancy of presence, but also redundancy > of information presentation: > > > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~indicator-applet-developers/evolution-indicator/trunk/revision/77 > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/thunderbird-getting-some-unity-love/ > > Evolution/Thunderbird should be on the launcher, or the > messaging menu, but *not* on both of them. > > I don't expect a patch that modularizes Evolution or > Thunderbird dropping from the sky, so we need a short > term solution instead of continuing to ship the > current, horribly redundant, situation. > > My suggestion is to either accept Geoff Goehle's patch: > > > https://code.launchpad.net/~goehle/evolution-indicator/dont-quit-on-close/+merge/42151 > > or to remove Evolution from the Messaging Menu entirely, > as it can be argued that email is not something you > should be interested in being constantly notified > about anyway and Evolution consumes a lot of memory. > (see pitti's comments in the first link) > > Thoughts? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Jeremy Nickurak -= Email/XMPP: -= [email protected] =-
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