Re: [Pan-users] 'Old' Pan (pan-0.14.2.91-4mdk.i586.rpm): No longer installs (Mageia)

2012-12-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 17/12/12 05:06, Duncan wrote: What /might/ be a problem, however, is the "pseudo-newsgroup" setup old- pan used for its saved and sent messages folders. There's nothing like that in new-pan. Instead, messages are saved in-place in the newsgroup, There is no "might" about it. This is absol

Re: [Pan-users] 'Old' Pan (pan-0.14.2.91-4mdk.i586.rpm): No longer installs (Mageia)

2012-12-16 Thread Maurice Batey
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:06:37 +, Duncan wrote: > Not really. Oh dear! It's so unusual in my experience with Linux that a new version of any app does not provide a convenient migration path from the old. (That's more like MSoft!) > ...you've put at least that much time into just keeping ol

Re: [Pan-users] 'Old' Pan (pan-0.14.2.91-4mdk.i586.rpm): No longer installs (Mageia)

2012-12-16 Thread Duncan
Maurice Batey posted on Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:17:59 + as excerpted: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:00:26 +, Maurice Batey wrote: > >> Having used 'old' Pan for many years (and having tried 'new' Pan a >> while ago)... > > When I did try 'new' Pan, here were no migration aids, which meant > con

Re: [Pan-users] 'Old' Pan (pan-0.14.2.91-4mdk.i586.rpm): No longer installs (Mageia)

2012-12-16 Thread Maurice Batey
On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:00:26 +, Maurice Batey wrote: > Having used 'old' Pan for many years (and having tried 'new' Pan a while > ago)... When I did try 'new' Pan, here were no migration aids, which meant configuring the thing all over again, and without being able to import any message dat

Re: [Pan-users] 'Old' Pan (pan-0.14.2.91-4mdk.i586.rpm): No longer installs (Mageia)

2012-12-16 Thread Maurice Batey
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:53:31 +, Duncan wrote: > I should mention rpmfind.net as well. I have used it on occasion. Well, as Pan is actually working, and I don't see the error messages when starting it from a desktop icon, I think - as you suggested, I shall just continue as it is! Thank

Re: [Pan-users] 'Old' Pan (pan-0.14.2.91-4mdk.i586.rpm): No longer installs (Mageia)

2012-12-16 Thread Maurice Batey
On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:53:54 +, Duncan wrote: > One possible workaround is changing your icon theme, perhaps to > something using other than pngs. Of course, that's going to change it for > a lot of other apps as well. Not familiar with the concept of 'icon theme' (yet), but will look i