GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 235580
Evo not handling Outlook recurring mtg. changes well
Last modified: 2006-01-18 13:08:36 UTC
Please fill in this template when reporting a bug, unless you know what you are doing. Description of Problem: Evolution does not handle changes to instances of a recurring sent from Outlook very well ( ie. organizer of meeting uses Outlook ). See scenarios below. These are probably related to fixes made for http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=33875 and releated to bug#230060 Common initial steps for start of both scenarios 1. Create recurring meeting in Outlook and invite one Evolution account 2. Accept the meeting invitation in Evolution 3. Alter the start and/or end times of on instance of the recurring meeting in Outlook and send update. 4. Accept update in Evolution. A meetimg with the changed times is created in Evolution's calendar ( the orginal meeting is removed ). Scenario one 5. In Outlook change start and/or end times of the same meeting instance changed in step 3. Send update 6. Accept update in Evolution. 7. A second meeting is created in Evolution's calendar with the new times, but the meeting created from the first changes ( step 4. ) is not deleted. Scenario two 5. In Outlook delete the entire recurring meeting ( all instances ) in Outlook and send cancellation notice. 6. Update Evo's calendar from the cancellation email(s). 7. The changed meeting instance is not deleted. Additional Information: Machine Configuration ------------------------------------------------------------------ SunOS physics 5.8 Generic_108528-13 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100 soup-0.7.10-1.ximian.1 libgtkhtml20-1.0.4-2.ximian.1 libgal19-0.19.3-snap.ximian.200208120551 gtkhtml1.1-1.1.7-1.ximian.2 gal-0.22.0.99-snap.ximian.200212080701 evolution-1.2.1-1.ximian.1 ximian-connector-1.2.1-1.ximian.1 pilot-link-0.9.5-ximian.4
According to JP's analysis, there is no time to do this for 1.4. Architectural changes will go into 1.6.
Moving all 1.6/2.0 milestones to 1.5.x
Retargeting 1.5.3->1.5.4 bug reports. Sorry for the spam.
This bug (and possibly related bugs) are stopping Evolution from working for me. I work in a large corporate environment. (18,000+ email users) And I'd like to run linux desktop. However, because my meetings have grown to the point that they are at (several reoccurring weekly tasks) I can no longer keep Evolution alive for more than a minute. I tried disabling the calandar, but unchecking the exchange server, but it still hangs retrieving a mail. I'm using Evo 2.2.1.1 For more information, please email me: btmckee@micron.com Brian T. McKee
adding connector keyword.
Created attachment 54777 [details] [review] Fixes the recurrence in exchange backend
Created attachment 55307 [details] forgot to add the changelog to the earlier patch.
Fix committed to both cvs head and gnome-2-10 branch.