Lets try a little role-play. You, the user, have subscribed to a mailing list. You complain in a sarcastic way about the developers.
Dev: I sent a long post a couple of days ago about why it's almost impossible to fix this issue and what the way forward is. You: But you haven't fixed it have you. Dev: No, because we need to do some fundamental work on Evo in order to fix it. You: But you haven't fixed it yet. Dev: No, but there is a workaround that deals with the issue until we can fundamentally rewrite the software. You: But you haven't fixed it. Dev: Err, no, it's not really fixable in the current threaded model. You: So what are you going to do about it. Dev: Err, we have a workaround until we can fix it. You: That's not a workaround - it requires people to type something at a command line - people don't do that these days 0 that's not a workaround. Dev: Sorry, we are working on it. You: Developers never listen to us. Stupid developers. On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 00:46 +1100, John Ross wrote: > Let's try a little role-play... You, the developer, have created a GUI > app that regularly corrupts its own index files. You have been told > about the bug some time ago and done some research, now you have > turned up to a meeting with your PM claiming to have fixed it. > > PM: "OK what's the fix? > Developer: "The user has to open a terminal and delete all these files > called ~.xyzblahblah* every time it happens" > PM: "You're not listening. That's a workaround, not a fix. You can't > ask GUI users to run around rm'ing things! So when will you have it > fixed? > Developer: "But it is fixed." > PM: "You're still not listening! What agency are you from?" > Developer: "But... it's easy - all they need to do is..." > PM: "Look, the files called ~.xyzblahblah* don't even exist in the > current version, so you don't even have a workaround, let alone a fix. > What agency?" > Developer: "But..." > PM: "FRIDAY, 5pm, no workarounds - a FIX!" > > John > > On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 10:25 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 10:36 -0600, Clarke wrote: > > > I keep trying to empty my trash folder, and the option to delete > > > individual mails is greyed out. I get an error that says, "Error > > > while expunging folder." "Summary and folder mismatch, even after a > > > sync." I have seen a lot of webpages that reference this error, but > > > none that provide a straight answer of how to finish. They point to a > > > bunch of files that I can't fine (beginning with a tilde). > > > > A tilde in a path just means your home directory - it's standard Unix > > shell notation. So ~/.evolution means the directory .evolution in your > > home directory - if you do 'cd ~/.evolution' it will take you to the > > correct place. > > > > The definitive answer to your query is in the Evolution FAQ, > > specifically at > > > > > > http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#Why_do_I_get_an_error_.22Summary_and_folder_mismatch.2C_even_after_a_sync.22.3F > > > > (Can we not put the location of the FAQ in the mailing list sig - it > > seems that at the moment many of the questions here can be answered by > > looking in the FAQ) > > > > > How do I find these files, and if deleting them is not the answer, > > > does anyone know of how to remedy this? > > > > Depends on what the problem is. If deleting the index files doesn't > > work, then run Evo with debugging turned on and post the relevant bits > > here, someone will probably be able to tell you what the issue is. > > > > P. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Evolution-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
