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Backport a newer Evolution version to Ubuntu 18.04 to get "new email" counter/badge to the Evolution app icon on Ubuntu Dock?

Asked by tellapu

I just received an update of Evolution to 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 and got reminded that I hoped that the "bug fix" to get a "new email" counter/badge to the Evolution app icon on Ubuntu Dock would make it to Ubuntu 18.04. But the most recent update did not bring this improvement. I think a "new email" counter/badge is an essential feature of an LTS version. Is there a possible to get this feature to Ubuntu 18.04?
It is fixed in Evolution 3.29.3+ (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/9#note_229159), is it possible to backport this version?
If not, could the bug fix be integrated in the Ubuntu 18.04 Evolution version?
Thanks for all your help in advance!

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tellapu (tellapu) said : 		#2

I would be still very glad to get an answer. Maybe somebody can inform me how to proceed? E.g. who to email. Thanks!

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tellapu (tellapu) said : 		#4

Any guidance who to ask regarding the possible backporting of a newer Evolution version to Ubuntu 18.04 to get "new email" counter/badge to the Evolution app icon on Ubuntu Dock?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

You probably should read
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
or eventually some other references in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CategoryProcess
to understand how packages are maintained in Ubuntu.

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tellapu (tellapu) said : 		#6

@Manfred Thank you for the links! I will read the suggested pages when I find time.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) said : 		#7

@tellapu, you might be in luck. I am looking to get this feature myself. Being a (retired, or shall I say pissed off?) DM, I have the wherewithal to backport the most recent package to LTS. Not an ideal solution, but one that works for me (and hopefully you). Watch my PPA at https://launchpad.net/~r0lf/+archive/ubuntu/stable for an LTS version.

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tellapu (tellapu) said : 		#8

@Rolf This would be great! Maraming salamat in advance!

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) said : 		#9

Unfortunately, backporting evolution is quite near impossible. One would have to backport the entire GNOME universe with it.

It might still be possible to cherry-pick the relevant commit. The patch doesn't apply cleanly to the bionic sources. At this point, I gave up for now.

Standing down on this one.

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tellapu (tellapu) said : 		#10

Thank you Rolf for trying! It is only one year to the next LTS version of Ubuntu and hopefully they will include this feature update!

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