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Bug 769549 - Some missed alarms are not displayed
Some missed alarms are not displayed
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Calendar
3.12.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: evolution-calendar-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-08-05 11:49 UTC by M.
Modified: 2016-08-06 09:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description M. 2016-08-05 11:49:01 UTC 
When an event's alarm is set one or plus days before the event and the computer happens to be off at the time when the alarm should have been triggered, that alarm is missed and never displayed.

Steps to reproduce:

0. Let's say we are "today at 13:25"
1. Create an event to happen tomorrow at, say, 13:30
2. Add an alarm to display a reminder 1 day before the event
3. Close Evolution
4. Switch off the computer (before 13:30)
5. At 13:31 (or later) switch on the computer
6. Log in

Result : no alarm is displayed, neither today, nor tomorrow. If you needed to prepare something for that event, you're in trouble.

Expected behaviour : missed alarms, that is, alarms that should have appeared from the last time the computer was off to the moment the computer is switched on should appear. No matter whether they are 1 or 1000... At the very least, missed alarms for events in future should be displayed.

I'll be happy to make any tests ! I'm using Evolution from Debian stable (jessie) Unfortunately, I cannot upgrade to a more recent version of Evolution., but I should be able to rebuild from the source of this version.

Thank you !
Comment 1 André Klapper 2016-08-06 09:23:31 UTC 
Hi M., 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
However, you are using version 3.12.x which is too old and not supported anymore by GNOME developers. GNOME developers are no longer working on that older version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes by GNOME developers for the version that you use.

By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME.

Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with GNOME / Evolution 3.20 or newer, or feel free to file a bug report in the bug tracking system of your Linux distribution if your distribution still supports your version 3.12.x.