Re: Pine/PC-Pine 4.64 update?

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Barry Landy wrote:
> Why not wait for Alpine - (almost) completely Pine compatible and is
> after all really Pine 5.

> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Alexander V Alekseev wrote:
> :>On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Ross wrote:
...
> :>> How may users/installations out there would like an updated version?
> :>> I would!  Anybody else?

> :>	I would too!
> :>		Bye. Alex.

I appreciate what Alpine in intended to be, & someday will be I am
sure.  But it ain't yet!

I do not enjoy the time to debug & help beta test/develope software,
which may not resolve for several years. It has been a while now & I
understand the delay, & why, with Alpine. I hope they take their
time & give it their best effort. Beats a MicroShaft-job.

Besides, ver 1.0 of anything is always buggy, ragged, & needs to
settle down, which it never does quickly. I understand Alpine is
considerably different in code, so there will be more effort than
just an update.

But I need reliable & competent email software now - that is why I
use Pine to start with. There is no alternative to Pine I can
locate, & ver 4.64 is almost flawless. I am not yet fully aware what
Alpine will provide users that Pine does not - but that is still
developing. Very little is required I believe to make Pine better -
short of a bunch of I wish stuff from many users that may be too
much anyway - so I am not asking for that.

But there are a few features, updates, fixes, patches - probably
already documented, that would be appreciated in an updated ver. And
a few new ideas that may be possible quickly - maybe not. A complete
ready to use package anyway.

These UW Pine guys do a great job, as is evident from the history of
Pine, & the reliability, stability, features, ... of ver 4.64!

Addendum: There is a Pine users group / news group / something out
there. Can anybody port my original question to them?  And return
the results?  A head count?  Would that help?  I am not aware of how
to even contact them & don't really enjoy the time to find out.

I am only looking for a peanut gallery to provide a consensus of
what users might like. I hope the programmers here do not mind my
efforts - if they do - please stop me now & lets drop this! I
understand what I am asking. But I don't know if I ask too much of
the Pine programming team.

--
The Best to You & Yours,
RossARR
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