[Evolution] Bug#433098: evolution: "delete message" should work also for deleted messages
Lars Wirzenius
liw at iki.fi
Sat Jul 14 12:40:41 UTC 2007
Package: evolution
Version: 2.10.2-1
Severity: minor
I've just upgraded to this version of Evolution, and message deletion
has changed behavior: it is no longer possible to delete a message that
is already deleted. This is a problem to me because I use it also for
navigation. This might require a bit of explanation, please bear with
me.
When I read a big folder of new messages, such as the ones for big
discussion mailing lists every morning (debian-devel, etc), I start
at the top and read or skim each message. Almost all messages get
deleted immediately after that, either by pressing Control-D or by clicking
the trashcan icon in the tool bar, depending on whether I happen to
be typing or mousing at the moment.
If the message seems important, or something that I will need to do
something about, or that I might want to re-read more carefully, I don't
delete it, and instead go to the next message, almost always by clicking
on the "next message" icon in the tool bar. There's usually few of them,
during each mail reading session.
Often when reading a thread, I realize that I need to go back to re-read
a previous message to understand the current context. Typically, I want
to check what someone really wrote rather than what is being
insufficiently quoted. Thus I click on the message in the message list.
To get back where I was, I either click on the message I was reading
if I'm mousing, or type Control-D to skip the few deleted messages
(by deleting them again) to get back where I was.
That last bit is actually very typical for me. It now no longer works. I
have to interrupt my reading concentration and figure out some other way
to get where I was, and this is annoying. That's why I'd like to see that
the old behavior was brought back.
I'm not saying it is so annoying that I will unsubscribe from every
mailing list in the world, shut down my mail server, uninstall Evolution
from my system, shave my head, join an agnostic monastery in the mountains
of New Zealand, and spend the rest of my life digging out a real-life
replica of Moria into the mountain, but you never know. My fate now lies
in the hands of the Evolution developers.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii dbus 1.1.1-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii evolution-common 2.10.2-1 architecture independent files for
ii evolution-data-server 1.10.2-2 evolution database backend server
ii gconf2 2.18.0.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.18.0-3 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gtkhtml3.14 3.14.2-1 HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.19-3 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.18.0-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.18.0-2 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.18.0-5 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.5-9+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.4.10-1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcamel1.2-10 1.10.2-2 The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii libdbus-1-3 1.1.1-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.73-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libebook1.2-9 1.10.2-2 Client library for evolution addre
ii libecal1.2-7 1.10.2-2 Client library for evolution calen
ii libedataserver1.2-9 1.10.2-2 Utility library for evolution data
ii libedataserverui1.2-8 1.10.2-2 GUI utility library for evolution
ii libegroupwise1.2-13 1.10.2-2 Client library for accessing group
ii libexchange-storage1.2- 1.10.2-2 Backend library for evolution cale
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-6 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.18.0.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.1-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.12-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.8.1-2 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-pilot2 2.0.15-2 Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii libgnome2-0 2.18.0-4 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.14.0-3 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.0-2 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii libgnomeprintui2.2-0 2.18.0-2 GNOME 2.2 print architecture User
ii libgnomeui-0 2.18.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.18.1-2 GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii libgnutls13 1.6.3-1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.10.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtkhtml3.14-19 3.14.2-1 HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii libhal1 0.5.9.1-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii libice6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libldap2 2.1.30-13.4 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libnm-glib0 0.6.4-7 network management framework (GLib
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1- 0.4.4-3 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libnspr4-0d 1.8.0.11-2 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libnss3-0d 1.8.0.11-2 Network Security Service libraries
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.7-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.16.4-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpisock9 0.12.2-10 library for communicating with a P
ii libpisync0 0.12.2-10 synchronization library for PalmOS
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-2 PNG library - runtime
ii libpopt0 1.10-3 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1 X11 Session Management library
ii libsoup2.2-8 2.2.100-1 an HTTP library implementation in
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.8-2 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.29.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.1-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages evolution recommends:
ii evolution-plugins 2.10.2-1 standard plugins for Evolution
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.18.2-1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
pn gnome-pilot-conduits <none> (no description available)
pn spamassassin | bogofilter <none> (no description available)
ii yelp 2.14.3-2 Help browser for GNOME 2
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