Anna, Thank you so much, I understand much better now, and I do think I may try a snapshot...I sort of enjoy watching the lil changes, I have plenty of backup email programs if evo gets broken LOL...
Like I have said, I am NOT a developer LOL, just a neophyte end user trying to learn linux and having afantastic time at it. Kathy On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 09:24, Anna Marie Dirks wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > "CVS" refers to the repository (which is on a computer somewhere in > North Carolina, I believe) where the code which makes up Evolution is > kept. The people who develop Evolution make changes to its code, and > then use the CVS repository to store these changes until it is time to > make a release of Evolution. > > When Jeff told you that the fix for the problem you reported was in CVS, > he meant that someone has already fixed the broken code so that all of > the menu items appear again-- but that as far as he knows, we have not > made a new, publicly available version of Evolution which includes that > fix. > > So, he was suggesting that if you were a developer (or if you have a lot > of time on your hands to devote to this sort of thing), then you could > just access all of the code in the CVS repository and create yourself a > brand new, working --or at least differently broken-- version of > Evolution. > > If you don't want to try to build yourself a new version of Evolution, > then the easiest thing for you to do is probably to wait until Evolution > 1.4.5 is released sometime this week. Or, if you are feeling brave, you > can check Red Carpet -- there might be a "snapshot" of Evolution that > you could try using in the meantime. A snapshot isn't necessarily > guaranteed to be safe and functional, though -- it just reflects the > code that was in the CVS repository at a certain time of day. We don't > test snapshots very much before we make them available to the rest of > the world. :) > > Anyway, I hope that this explains to you what Jeff was talking about, > and gives you a better idea of the process by which you can get a fixed > version of Evolution. > > best wishes, > Anna > > > > > > Il mar, 2003-09-16 alle 11:24, Kathy ODriscoll ha scritto: > > Thanks > > But as I said this is all VERY new to me, > > could you explain this a little more clearly? > > What is CVS and afaik > > and how do I fix it on my machine. > > Thank you so much for responding > > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 08:11, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > this is fixed in CVS already afaik > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 09:59, Kathy ODriscoll wrote: > > > > Good morning everyone, > > > > I have a question here... > > > > Yesterday I ran Red Carpet to do an update of my system, I run > > > > Evolution 1.4.4, I believe this was the same before the > > > > update...however I did find a strange change in evo after updating.... > > > > > > > > I occasionally enjoy sending html mail *sinful I know* including > > > > embedded images to friends and family....when I first put RH on my > > > > system I couldnt embed images no matter what I did, found a work > > > > around yada yada....then after an update I was able to embed no > > > > problem.. > > > > > > > > Since yesterdays update, evo has lost some menu items it seems, > > > > including everything in the 'insert' except 'attachment' > > > > > > > > My question is, when I updated yesterday could I have screwed up evo > > > > somehow, I use RedCarpet...And what info do you all need here to > > > > answer my questions better about how do I get back all my menu items > > > > including embedding images and that?... > > > > > > > > Keep in mind I am NOT a programmer, I am a neophyte to Linux, just > > > > took the leap from windows a few weeks ago. > > > > > > > > So have patience with me and be gentle :) > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Kathy > > > > -- > > > > When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. > > > > ~Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being~ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
