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Re: Icedove now



Hey,

On 31/12/15 11:59 AM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a small question: does someone has an idea of the future of Icedove
> if Thunderbird is no longer developped by Mozilla? Will be updates? New
> features? Or maybe Thunderbird is still maintained by the community?

Mozilla has not given up Thunderbird. It is just not longer developed by
the Firefox inc. It now under the Mozzila Foundation.

See: https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/
> Practically what this means is that in 2016, Thunderbird will finally
> be able to accept donations from users directed toward the update and
> maintenance of Thunderbird. In the long run, Thunderbird needs to
> rely on our users for support, and not expect to be subsidized by
> revenue from Firefox. We welcome this help from the Mozilla
> Foundation in moving toward our goal of developing independent
> sources of income for Thunderbird.

Icedove will continue to exist.

Cheers,

-- 
Alexandre Viau
aviau@debian.org

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