[Evolution-users] "/:" instead of ":" in Contact Notes

Pete Biggs pete at biggs.org.uk
Mon Sep 22 18:04:04 UTC 2025


Please reply just to the list, not to me as well - it breaks threading
if you do so.

> > 
> > I think it's a great leap of logic to immediately blame "some open-
> > source module" especially as I am doubtful that Apple would use OSS
> > in
> > one of its core apps.  In my experience it is much more likely to be
> > some closed-source proprietary application not conforming to
> > standards.
> > 
> > 
> It is indeed a stretch.  
> Do you have a better theory for why a similar problem should appear
> simultaneously in Evolution, Betterbird and Apple Mail?
> AFAIK, neither Evolution nor Betterbird contain any closed-source code.

It isn't necessarily a bug in the code, it could be malformed data.

BUT, it is pointless pointing fingers and blaming things until it is
known what exactly is going on. To that end you need to answer the
questions Milan asked.

P.


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