Re: make mutt the `standard' mail reader
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On Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:55:10 -0700 (MST), Bruce Sass wrote:
>It looks like pine has a pretty loyal following,
>in spite of it being handicapped...
>Maybe this is the reason why:
>(from a quick peek at the BTS ~30 min ago)
Could you have formatted this just a bit better?
>number of bugs in ... elm-me+ pine mutt
> ------- ---- ----
>outstanding normal 0 0 7
> wishlist 0 1 6
>forwarded normal 0 2 9
> wishlist 0 2 7
>resolved normal 2 0 12
> wishlist 0 0 3
> --- --- ---
> 2 5 44
>
>Which one(s) would you look at if you were going to stake your
>reputation, or a portion thereof, by recommending a `standard'
>piece of software?
Well, let's take another angle. Which one is used the most? According
to popularity contest, mutt(-i). That means that any bugs in mutt(-i) have
a higher chance of being found. Which one also has the most active
development? Again, mutt(-i). That means that it will, by its active
development nature, have more bugs to be found... and have more bugs fixed.
It is like comparing joe to jed. The former hasn't been developed in
over three years and has one bug which may not even be related to it. OTOH,
jed is in active development.
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