[need-packaging] Evolution Remove Attachments Plugin

[Rex Tsai]

Hi,

  This plugin is a small but useful function for evolution, and always leaking in the evolution. Please put this software into Ubuntu.

  The url of this software is at http://people.debian.org.tw/~chihchun/tag/evolution/ and the package is already in my PPA. https://launchpad.net/~chihchun/+archive

(BTW, I wrote the software and it's licensed under GPL)
-Rex

[Ian Weisser (ian-weisser)]

Debian bug #498483
Package in progress: evolution-remove-attachments
Status: Looking for maintainer.

Package for this software appears to be in process in Debian already. Ubuntu has semi-automatic tools to sync new packages from Debian so it will most likely appear in a future Ubuntu release.

Changing to Confirmed/Wishlist.
If Debian completes packaging, this bug should be marked invalid.

[Benedikt Wegmann (benny-wegmann)]

Hello,

I tried to build your plugin under Jaunty but failed. Would you mind packaging it for your PPA?
Thanks!

[Kip Warner (kip)]

He just needs to patch this to use the 2.26 evolution path instead of 2.22
debian/evolution-remove-attachments.install

He also needs to patch debian/control to update it's dependencies and conflicts for 2.26.

After doing this, the package builds, installs, runs, and works fine with 2.26.1 under Jaunty.

Kip

[nomnex (nomnex)]

any chance someone build a .deb of this package for Ubuntu Linux (evolution 2.28 Ubuntu Karmic, at the time of this message)

the author says he does not have time to finish it (comment #21 [1])

[1] http://people.debian.org.tw/~chihchun/2008/05/23/remove-attachments-evolution-plugin-002/

[nomnex (nomnex)]

I wake up this old topic after an emails exchange on the Evolution mailing list about this topic.

For the new comers reaching this thread looking for a remove attachment plug-in on Evo, feel free to post here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534453

[Kip Warner (kip)]

I agree.

[Michele (mikelito)]

Another bump for this wishlist bug. The package in the PPA does not install on karmic, and most likely won't in Lucid either.
This is such a small and useful feat that I can't really understand the resistance in having it included in evolution by default.

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

Hi, The plugin has been rewrote for Evolution 2.30, which will be used in maverick. I have ported and uploaded the package for maverick to my PPA https://launchpad.net/~chihchun/+archive/ppa/+packages

The Evolution APIs are changed after 2.30, so don't try to backport 0.0.4 to lucid or karmic. If you are still using lucid or karmic, please try 0.0.3.

[Kip Warner (kip)]

Hey Rex. I've added your ppa and installed the package. I'm running Evolution 2.30.3 under Maverick.

In the Plugin Manager dialog, your plugin is listed as "org.gnome.plugin.attachments.remove". I'm assuming that that is not suppose to be displayed as the plugin's friendly name.

The plugin worked with one email, but not with another. The output on the console was the following:
(evolution:13238): camel-WARNING **: camel_exception_get_id called with NULL parameter.

So I'm guessing the package is broken for current Maverick Evolution.

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

Hi, Kip

I have tested the plugin under Maverick. Yes, but plugin name is not listed correctly. But the function works fine with local mbox and imap mail boxes. What type of mail account you are using?

[Kip Warner (kip)]

Hmm, strange. I am using it over an imapx account. As far as I know, my server doesn't provide any IMAP extensions though.

[Michele (mikelito)]

Unfortunately this breaks under Natty. Not only the maverick package installs the plugin in the 2.30 directory - which is rapidly fixed - but it raises a fatal exception

evolution-plugin-lib-WARNING **: can't load plugin '/usr/lib/evolution/2.32/plugins/liborg-gnome-evolution-remove-attachments.so': /usr/lib/evolution/2.32/plugins/liborg-gnome-evolution-remove-attachments.so: undefined symbol: camel_medium_get_content_object

Rex - will you release a version for Natty? It seems from upstream that this is the last version for which the plugin will be needed, as they finally decided to include it in main....

Thanks!

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

Hi, my patch has been integrated[1] into 2.91.2+ evolution, the function should be available for you without my plugin.

[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534453

[Andre (ajx)]

Good to hear. So it will ship with Oneiric be default?

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

I am using evolution 3.0.0 with the function which is same as oneiric. It should be shipped with maverick/natty[1] already.

[1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=evolution

[Michele (mikelito)]

Unfortunately, it seems that the natty version (2.32.2) does not contain the remove attachments function
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534453#c19

I guess I will wait for oneiric, then.
Thanks anyway for having provided the plugin for all this time, it has been incredibly useful.

[Kip Warner (kip)]

I'm just curious, but should this bug be actually marked as Fix Released? Does Rex's plugin still work with Evolution 3.x series API?

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

Hi,

1. My plugin does not work with 3.x series API.
2. Evolution has the feature builtin. (confirmed in 12.04 Preicse)

[Kip Warner (kip)]

I see a Remove Attachments menu item under the Messages menu. I am using Evolution 3.2.3. The problem is that it is greyed out.

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

What's the mailbox type you are trying to use remove attachment function?

[Kip Warner (kip)]

IMAP+.

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

I use IMAP+ and 3.2.3 as well, the funciton works fine. The menu item only shows up when messages with attachment is selected.

Please use `apport-bug evolution' to report a new bug, and please submit the screenshot of 'greyed out' menu list.

[Kip Warner (kip)]

Hey Rex. You're right, it does work. It starts off gray, but if you shift the selection in the mail view to another email and then back again, it is ungreyed.

[Kip Warner (kip)]

Rex, something I've noticed is that the Remove Attachments menu item is disabled on some emails, even if they have attachments. It seems to only work with emails that had their attachments encoded / attached a certain way. Emails that I sent through Evolution do not permit the feature, whereas ones I've received from people using web based Yahoo accounts work fine.

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

I suggest you to submit a new bug to Evolution, and exported the mail you think it should work.