[Evolution-users] Odd double-paste with middle mouse button? Obsolete versions

[rsbrux]

On Tue, 2025-07-01 at 16:03 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-users
wrote:
> On Tue, 2025-07-01 at 15:47 +0200, rsbrux wrote:
> > Evolution has now for the second time lost my data and acts as if
> > I am using it for the first time ("Welcome to Evolution").
> 
> 	Hi,
> this is weird, to say the least. It had been said in the other
> thread(s) you opened regarding this problem that it's likely there is
> something specific with your machine, because otherwise there would
> be
> many bug reports about lost data. It would be good to figure out what
> precisely removed the account settings for you. If it's a bug in the
> code, then it looks like very hard to reproduce, considering the
> other
> users.
> 
> > Would it even be possible to backport my data files from 3.56.x, or
> > is there likely to be some incompatibility with the earlier
> > version?
> 
> The 3.56.x and many previous versions have the same underlying data,
> thus you can safely "downgrade" (use a backup from 3.56.x in 3.52.x).
> The 3.58.x will have changed underlying format for the mail
> information
> (basically that shown in the message list), where the "downgrade" to
> the previous versions will not be possible. You can always restore
> from
> backup to a clean Evolution and then check "what survived". There's
> nothing to be lost, when the Evolution to restore at is clean.
> 
> 	Bye,
> 	Milan
> 
I have now uninstalled the flatpak version and installed the native
version.  As you predicted I was able to keep most of the settings and
data by copying them from my backup into the corresponding folders of
the new installation.  In the process, I noticed that the flatpak
installation apparently lacked an evolution-data-server.  This made me
wonder if it was using the older evolution-data-server installed
natively. If it was, could the version mismatch have been responsible
for the weird behavior of the flatpak installation?
OTOH, the first time I attempted a "Group Reply" to this topic using
the new installation, Evolution crashed. ;-}