Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evolution
This bug is for karmic, but it probably exists in lucid too.
This is kind of a random bug, but I'm running into it more and more.
Sometimes when you mark a task as completed, either through the tasks
component of evolution or through the clock panel applet, evolution will
suddenly quit. The task is saved as completed and evolution doesn't
crash, but it does quietly shut down.
The method for reproducing the bug are:
1. Open a window of evolution
2. Open _another_ window of evolution (i.e. click on the evolution launcher
twice)
3. Close the evolution that opened up _first_
4. Mark any task complete, either through the clock applet or the evolution
window. Evolution should shut itself down without warning.
This bug would be nothing more than a curiosity if not for the new indicator
applet. There is a patch which allows evolution to run in the background
without an open window. If this is ever accepted into ubuntu then users are
going to face the following problem.
1. They will open and close a lot of evolution windows over the course of the
day.
2. At some point they may mark a task complete by using the clock applet
3. Evolution will then close, but with no open window the user wont notice
until they check the indicator applet and see that evolution is not running.
(4. As a result they will be late reading time sensitive emails and when they
get to the break room all of the snacks will be gone.)
** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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evolution selectively shuts down when marking a task complete
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568504
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