Alpine prospects??

[Beartooth]

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:13:29 +0000, Beartooth wrote:

> As many here must know, U Washington laid off some large number of the
> Pine/Alpine team last May. Now there is talk, in some places online, of
> UW dropping all support for this superb software.

	There is a new post on gmane.mail.alpine.info (which reflects the 
alpine list at http://www.washington.edu/alpine/alpine-info/) from Steve 
Hubert, in the name of the alpine team, responding to a post from Robert 
Holtzman titled "alpine status."

	It says there will be a new release soon, and that UW will remain 
the primary source, "but shift our effort from direct development into 
more of a consultation and coordination role to help integrate 
contributions from the community."

	Sounds to me like they've been studying Fedora or something like 
it -- and may soon be inviting others to help code. Strength to their 
arms!

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
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