ports/82235: New port: mail/mutt-ng

[Vsevolod Stakhov]

Udo Schweigert wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 08:10:14 +0000, Vsevolod Stakhov wrote:
> 
>>The following reply was made to PR ports/82235; it has been noted by GNATS.
>>
>>From: Vsevolod Stakhov <vsevolod at highsecure.ru>
>>To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, vsevolod at highsecure.ru,
>>	novel at FreeBSD.org
>>Cc:  
>>Subject: Re: ports/82235: New port: mail/mutt-ng
>>Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:02:13 +0400
>>
>> As for me mutt-devel dumps core when it is built with sidebar support 
>> during switching mailboxes. Another reason is that mutt-ng is official 
>> fork of mutt client and I think that it would include some interesting 
>> features. But if you think that it is not worth porting there is no 
>> problem - I'll use it for myself.
> 
> 
> As the maintainer of the mutt ports I vote against it.
> 
> 1. The -ng project was launched because there was a feeling by some people
>    that the mutt developers don't drive the project with enough power. That was
>    mainly because the main mutt-developer refuses to include patches into
>    the source tree he considers unstable. This behavior is IMHO reasonable
>    and OK as I mainly want a stable mail client.

As for me mutt-ng works more stable, than my mutt-devel.

> 2. I think all features of mutt-ng can be compiled into mutt-devel if you
>    switch on the right knobs.

Perhaps I have a bad memory, but I cannot remember all knobs that I must 
turn on to build what I want.

> 3. When did you try to use the sidebar support (it has been fixed by the 
>    patch-author recently)? I got feedback by another user who said the new
>    patch fixed his issues. Did you submit a PR on that?

No I haven't submit a PR because I thought that the problem is in mutt 
itself not in port. I was using version about one or two months old. And 
it dumps core in some cases, not only during swithches mailboxes.

BTW, I personally don't see any reason why not include mutt-ng to ports 
tree except one: now there is no official release.