Claws-Mail in Xubuntu

[Robert B. Lance Sr.]

adding two new packages that just depend on different apps is too
complicated?
maybe there is something involved in setting up an installer that I do not
understand....

Robert B. Lance Sr.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jelle de Jong" <jelledejong at powercraft.nl>
To: <xubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Claws-Mail in Xubuntu


> On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:00:57 +0100
> Gauvain Pocentek <gauvainpocentek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Colin Leroy wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I saw the forum post there:
> > > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1977735
> > >
> > > If you want to switch to Claws as the default mail client in
> > > Xubuntu, I'm interested in helping.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for your proposal, but I've several concerns:
> >
> > 1. we already had this discussion (for dapper and edgy), and it seems
> > that (for the moment) TBird, even if it's a bigger app, provides more
> > features and is more stable
> > 2. who will maintain the package, ie. fix the bugs, deal with
> > updates... ? 3. claws will need to be promoted in main, and with it 3
> > other source packages. Who will maintain them? And an ubuntu policy
> > is to avoid duplication of apps in main. We already have evolution
> > and thunderbird. I doubt that the distro team will be OK to promote a
> > new GTK mail client. 4. I didn't find an easy way to import my TBird
> > mailboxes/settings. I don't want to set everything again (filters,
> > folders and such). 5. last time I tried claws, it wasn't possible to
> > keep the mails on the mail server. This is a blocker, for me at least.
> >
> > Gauvain
> >
> Yes I concur with these points. If I have to vote between thunderbird
> or claws it will absolutely be thunderbrid. Also a multiple packaging
> system for easy average and advanced is just to much work and to
> complicated.
>
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