Mail notification applet does not give useful information

thank you for your bug report, there is no need to report upstream bugs on launchpad if there are already open on bugzilla though, we don't work on bugs in a distribution specific way most of the time so upstream bugs are enough

The reason I created a bug here is that I'm developing a patch to solve the issue which will be initially available as a debdiff against the Ubuntu package (and a custom package will be in my PPA).

I suspect it'll take upstream a long time to move on this but it is quite an annoying usability issue that has been niggling since Edgy!

sweet, looks like upstream is moving on this.

This is fixed upstream now.

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 2.30.1.2-1ubuntu1

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evolution (2.30.1.2-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian experimental:
    + debian/control:
      - add Vcs-Bzr tag
      - don't build depends on pilot-link it's not required
      - don't use po-debconf there either
      - build-depends on libpst, python and shared-mime-info
      - set gnome-pilot-conduits as suggests
      - don't split documentation since it goes to langpacks
      - evolution replaces evolution-plugins (<< 2.22.2-1)
        since the bogofilter plugin has been moved there
      - evolution-plugins-experimental replaces evolution-plugins (<< 2.27)
      - updated descriptions to reflect binary installs
      - remove libgtkimageview-dev build-dep: not in main, seems crashy right
        now
    + debian/docs:
      - renamed evolution-common.docs
    + debian/evolution-2.2.desktop:
      - compatibility .desktop for users upgrading
    + debian/evolution.gconf-defaults:
      - don't display unstable warning on startup (Ubuntu: #91799)
    + debian/evolution.install:
      - install the autostart and compatibility desktop entries
      - install webdav and python but not hula and print-message there
    + debian/evolution-mail.desktop:
      - don't reapply this ubuntu change and use only one menu entry
    + debian/evolution-alarm-notify.desktop,
      debian/evolution-alarm-notify.desktop.in,
      #debian/patches/64_translate_autostart_strings.patch: #
      - autostart desktop file to start evolution-alarm-notify with the session,
        translate the entry
    + debian/evolution-dev.install:
      - detail the .so to install
    + debian/evolution-plugins.install,
      debian/evolution-plugins-experimental.install:
      - install the .so in binaries corresponding to the upstream options
    + debian/patches/01_dont-ship-evo-mail-notifier.png.patch:
      - don't ship that change that debian added without reason
    + debian/evolution.preinst, debian/evolution.templates:
      - don't display debconf template on upgrade
    + debian/patches/03_lpi.patch:
      - launchpad-integration patch
    + debian/patches/62_no_upstream_email_notification_by_default.patch:
      - don't enable the notification icon by default since the message indicator
        is running
    + debian/patches/10_desktop_shortcuts.patch
      - Adds desktop shortcuts for the messaging menu.
    + debian/rules:
      - don't use -Bsymbolic-functions to workaround memos crashing
      - don't use debconf translation there
      - use --disable-scrollkeeper --enable-python configure option
      - use --disable-inline-plugin: dep not in main, seems crashy right now
    + debian/patches/90_autoconf.patch:
      - refresh autotool

evolution (2.30.1.2-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream bugfix release.
  * debian/patches:
    - 03_fix-face-plugin-linking dropped, included upstream.

evolution (2.30.1.1-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream bugfix release. (LP: #154752)
  * debian/patches:
    - 03_fix-face-plugin-linking, fix ftbfs with face plugin.
  * debian/control:
    - bump (build-)deps to gtkhtml/eds 2.30.1.

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