2017-09-11 12:31 GMT+02:00 ng0 <[email protected]>: > Arun Isaac transcribed 0.4K bytes: > > > > > I was wondering if anyone would work on Astroid mail > > > https://astroidmail.github.io/ > > > > > > It seems simpler to package than Thunderbird and it could be extremely > > > useful in the short/medium term > > > > Astroid requires external programs like mpop or offlineimap to fetch > > mail. So it cannot quite replace Thunderbird for the casual mail > > user. Perhaps, claws-mail or blasa are better alternatives. Both > > claws-mail and balsa are already packaged for Guix. > > My only usecase for Thunderbird is Enigmail and its coming GNUnet > integration > done in corporation of pEp (and GNUnet) and the Enigmail team. >
ok > Personal opinion: Thunderbird is really terrible and I have my reasons > why I stopped using it so long ago I stopped counting or caring for its > existence (must've been around '99 or '00 maybe...). > right > Nevertheless it is a mandatory tool for some people who can't switch > easily and I doubt anyone will embrace the task of getting Thunderbird > into Guix with joy. > right So far I'm hitting the first drömpels (road bumpers) in the build process > with a reference within Thunderbird. > > Wrt the earlier emails: yes, my intention (also for Icecat/Firefox) is to > provide Addons via Guix to get rid of yet another point of authority > (Mozilla Appstore). It is my understanding that at least a while back > someone was already looking into this and at least the idea was accepted > and welcomed. > it s an exciting view of the future, yes. > Alternatives exist, yep. But for me it's no only this or only that > application question. It's about dynamic choice. > Of course you have your motivation My fear is that you are somewhat underestimating the effort that such an endeavour entails. I might be wrong, of course. Anyway, I was just requesting an effort on Androidmail. It might be you, Arun or anyone else ;-) My case for Androidmail is that it could be one of the steps (for me) in the process of abandoning Gmail. Again: I might be wrong ! Thanks for engaging ;-)
