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authorDan Winship <danw@src.gnome.org>2000-03-21 02:27:36 +0800
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-
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