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On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 07:01:08AM +0200, Jordi Mallach wrote:
> A few days ago I uploaded a new evolution package including a backport of
> a fix for mail migration that would potentially hit many of our squeeze
> users.
changelog | 8
patches/06_fix_mbox_to_maildir_conversion.patch | 1384 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
patches/series | 1
3 files changed, 1393 insertions(+)
Eugh :-( though I did not look at it in detail yet, just a glance.
> But turns out, mbox-to-Maildir conversion was still broken for users
> coming from Evolution 2.30 or earlier because the logic to move files into
> XDG Base Directories was running *after* the conversion routine. So the
> conversion routine found nothing to convert, and users were left with a
> broken "On This Computer" mail store.
>
> This commit runs the XDG Base Directory migration first on startup,
> followed by the mbox-to-Maildir conversion.
>
> The only users out there who are about to upgrade from 2.30 are squeeze
> users. :) This patch was written in response to a bug report from a
> squeeze user upgrading to wheezy recently and I'm suprised we haven't got
> a lot more reports.
Is it true to say that all evolution users dist-upgrading from Squeeze will
hit this then? The two bugs referenced are severity:important, so normally
I'd nack this request, but it sounds like they should be higher...
There's a work-around in #701603. It's not ideal (manual import of each
folder), but would it be better to document that than bring this code
change in?
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