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Re: WL Development
At Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:05:41 +0000,
Eric S Fraga wrote:
[...]
> I use emacs for everything else so WL totally fits in with my working
> practice and would love to see it continue to be supported.
So, do I. I will continue to use wl as long as it is not broken and
as IMAP rules. Breaking IMHO can happen only with emacs development
introducing serious backward incompatibility. In that case, sticking
to an old version of emacs for quite some time is no problem, as the
source is always there (e.g. I completely skipped emacs22). Then,
with IMAP the risk is virtually zero as I can always use another MUA
on the same mailbox.
As for a fork, it should be done in such a way that the the great
contribution of the people who gave us wl in the first place is
honored.
A WL fork IMHO would implicate forks of APEL, FLIM, SEMI, however I
don't know how the maintenace situation is there.
I for myself would be able to contribute with occasional tests, I'd
like to do more, but my time budget doesn't allow (which I assume is
also the reason for the silence of the original developers).
Jürgen
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