Re: [Enigmail] Future OpenPGP Support in Thunderbird

"Robert J. Hansen" <[email protected]> Tue, 8 Oct 2019 11:40:49 -0400

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> Patrick, first of all I'd like to thank you for all the effort you have
> put into Enigmail (and will continue to put into it). Without your
> brilliant work it is clear that Thunderbird would not have been as
> successful as it has been.

Absolutely.  Hear, hear.  :)

> Whilst OpenPGP support should ideally of course have been built into
> Thunderbird from the beginning (alongside S/MIME support) I have to say
> that, as things now stand, I have more confidence in the development and
> project management of Enigmail than of Thunderbird itself.

I'm not sure that's wise.  Enigmail is fundamentally dependent on
Thunderbird.  If Thunderbird catches a cold, we're hospitalized for
pneumonia.

> near future. And yet I find myself having misgivings about how well the
> future of Thunderbird will be managed or how sustainable future
> development will be, especially when the project is ultimately not the
> master of its own platform's fate.

Nor are we.

I see today's news as an unqualified success.  This is good news for
everyone.  :)

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