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diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 3e14729bca..0000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,103 +0,0 @@ -Evolution is the integrated mail, calendar and address book -distributed suite from Helix Code, Inc. - -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. If you are planning to work on any part of -Evolution, please send mail to the mailing list first, to avoid -duplicated effort (and to make sure that you aren't basing your work -on interfaces that are expected to change). - -There is a mailing list archive available at -http://lists.helixcode.com/archives/public/evolution/ - -There is also an #evolution IRC channel on irc.gnome.org. - - -Evolution depends on the following non-core GNOME libraries, which -are all in GNOME CVS under the given names. (If you build them in -the order they are listed, then the dependencies will all work out -correctly.) - - gnome-xml - currently, only 1.8.7 works. Earlier versions have - a bug in code that Evolution needs, and the 2.0 branch is not - source or binary compatible. If you get this from GNOME CVS, - use the tag "LIB_XML_1_X". - - gnome-print - - bonobo - Evolution always tracks the latest CVS versions of - bonobo. Released versions will virtually always be too old. - *** Note that this must be installed with the same --prefix as - *** either gnome-libs or evolution for the Makefiles to work - *** properly. - - gdk-pixbuf - 0.7.0 (or later?) - - gnome-vfs - - gtkhtml - Evolution might work with the released versions of - this, but the CVS versions tend to be less buggy and more - featureful. - - libglade - - libunicode - -You also need a recent copy of ORBit. At the present time, the version -in Helix GNOME is the only released version that is new enough. If you -don't have that, you should check out ORBit from GNOME CVS with the -option "-r orbit-stable-0-5" to get the recent stable branch. - -The Palm-synchronization code, when it is incorporated, will require -the pilot-link package. There is most likely a package for this in -your OS of choice (the name may be "pilot-link" or "libpisock"). If -not, you can get the source at ftp://ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca/pub/PalmOS/ - -You will most likely want to include the option - --sysconfdir=`gnome-config --sysconfdir` -when configuring, to make the .gnorba files get installed into the -system gnorba directory. If you don't do that, you'll need to either - a) set GNOME_PATH to include the prefix you install into - (eg, GNOME_PATH=/usr/local) OR - b) set GNOME_GNORBA_PATH to the gnorba directory in the - prefix you install into - (eg, GNOME_GNORBA_PATH=/usr/local/etc/CORBA/servers) - - - -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. - Camel is inspired by Sun's JavaMail - (http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/) and the - IMAPv4 spec (RFC 2060). -wombat: Has source code that will load in the addressbook - and calendar backend, and will form the server - process we'll be using -composer: 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 -filter: libfilter, a mail filtering library -libibex: an indexing library used by the mailer -libical: a library for the iCalendar format (RFC 2445-2446) -libversit: a library for the vCard (RFC 2425-2426) and vCalendar - (http://www.imc.org/pdi/vcal-10.txt) formats -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 |