OK, sounds good. But, as I understood you this morning, you were convinced that the PPP problem did not exist.
Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing, what's the number for the open bug on PPP disconnects causing an IMAP hang? Scott On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 14:22, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > they are 1) unrelated and 2) already reported. > > Jeff > > On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 17:16, Scott Otterson wrote: > > Why not? It's clear that there's a bug in evolution and that it's not a > > fundamental flaw with Linux. > > > > Now, if the stop button bug and the PPP-disconnect-hang bug are > > manifestations of the same problem, then I agree that it doesn't make > > sense to file a new one -- that is, if there is a non-closed stop button > > bug and if it is known that these are really the same problem. > > > > Are both these things true? > > > > Scott > > > > On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 13:33, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > please do not submit new bug reports, thanks. > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 16:15, Scott Otterson wrote: > > > > Yes, Ettore, you're right about the stop button not working -- and > > > > there's at least one bug on it but it was closed as fixed even though it > > > > wasn't. > > > > > > > > Is the stop button problem also causing the PPP-disconnect-induced > > > > hangs? Or should I file a separate bug? Anyway, you're right that this > > > > isn't a problem with Linux: Mozilla on Linux handles PPP disconnects > > > > just fine. > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 11:38, Ettore Perazzoli wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 13:12, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > > > > > On reading your response, my first thought was, "Boy, linux must be > > > > > > > lame," because on Windows, nothing hangs when you lose your PPP -- not > > > > > > > outlook, not mozilla, not anything as far as I know. > > > > > > > > > > > > wonderful about those win32 apis for finding out when the connection > > > > > > goes down. Not available on linux. > > > > > > > > > > Having the Stop button working properly in all cases in the mailer would > > > > > be a good starting point though. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > It is true that we have a bug there, and it can be fixed, and there is > > > > > no reason to blame Linux for it. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Ettore Perazzoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > -- > > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > -- > Jeffrey Stedfast > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
