From 3a392efcc529c62923c7f40019004912c71aacf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Winship Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:27:36 +0000 Subject: add more info, including a pointer to the mailing list, a pointer to a message in the mailing list archive with hints on how to compile it, and a description of the source tree layout. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2121 --- README | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index b82df79654..dd6bc42b89 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,43 @@ - Evolution is the integrated mail, calendar and address book distributed suite from Helix Code, Inc. -http://www.helixcode.com for more information. +See http://www.helixcode.com/apps/evolution.php3 for more information. + +Note that Evolution is still pre-alpha. This means even if you manage +to compile and run it, you might not be able to figure out how to tell +it to accidentally delete all of your mail. + +If you are interested in hacking on Evolution, you should subscribe to +the Evolution mailing list. Send mail to +"evolution-request@helixcode.com" with the word "subscribe" in the +body of the message. + +Some hints on compiling Evolution can be found in the mailing list +archive: + +http://lists.helixcode.com/archives/public/evolution/2000-March/000018.html + + + +The layout of the source tree is: +addressbook: the Address Book UI +calendar: the Calendar UI +camel: libcamel, a messaging library used by the mailer +compose: the message composer UI +data: the .desktop file for Evolution +devel-docs: entirely inadequate documentation +doc: more inadequate documentation, and some nice white + papers +e-util: utility code used by various parts of Evolution +ebook: the Address Book / Calendar backend CORBA server +filter: libfilter, a mail filtering library +libibex: an indexing library used by the mailer +libical: a library for the iCalendar protocol +libversit: a library for the vCalendar protocol +mail: the mail display UI +shell: the Evolution shell (the main program that launches + the other components) +tests: some test programs +widgets: widgets used by Evolution, including the shortcut bar, + ETable, and EText \ No newline at end of file -- cgit