Re: Mulberry development

Cyrus,

> Hi Kenneth,

> --On December 19, 2017 at 10:18:18 AM -0800 Kenneth Porter 
> <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Hmm, I was going to suggest the other mailing list for developers but it
>> looks like Cyrus removed it from the list server. :( The archives have
>> some historical value.


> Mailing lists and archives are still available (though you may need to
> accept the self-signed cert):

> <https://lists.mulberrymail.com/mailman/listinfo>

> The main website is woefully out of date. I should probably just replace it
> and point to the trac site
> <http://trac.mulberrymail.com/mulberry/wiki> 
> (which also hasn't been update in a while).

> As for any future development I would agree that trying to build off the
> existing code base is not a good idea. As you noted, development tools and
> technologies have come a long way and it would be much better to use modern
> frameworks to build anything that you would want to keep usable for the
> foreseeable future.

The downside of that is that instead of rewriting the new tools and technologies, you would
be rewriting the well conceived and implemented unique features of Mulberry.  Not necessarily
even an equal tradeoff, I suspect.


-- 

Gleason