Re: Evolution 2.0 and GNOME 2.6

[Sri Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

> > Well, the problem isn't as serious really as described.  Distributions are
> > going to add evolution themselves.  Just because we don't have it as
> > official doesn't mean it won't be in there.
> 
> Slackware doesn't include it for political(!) and technical reasons (however
> I know that Pat would include it if it was part of Gnome). FreeBSD won't
> include it either if it ain't part of Gnome AFAIK. It hasn't do so so far
> and I don't see any reason why they would start doing so now..

The people who use Slackware will not particulary care one way or another.  
I have not used slackware but it doesn't strike me as a distribution that 
attracts newbies anymore than the Linux From Scratch people do.

> I hope so. However, the fact remains that Gnome ships without an email
> client. That's bad enough in itself.

Well, I think we'll know after release whether we made the right or wrong 
decision.

sri