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Re: which mutt?

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On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:56:43AM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>On Debian 9 (amd64), I installed Mutt.  The synaptic description says the
>package is 1.7.2 and has neoMutt patches.  But the "V" command in Mutt reports
>the version as "NeoMutt 20170113 (1.7.2)".
>
>I searched and read a number of list threads on the matter of Mutt vs.
>neoMutt, but most of the threads I found were a few years old, so I do not
>know the outcome of the matter.  I also found a web page which says that
>Debian 10 is going to offer a "neoMutt" package.  Does this mean that Debian
>10 also is going to offer a "Mutt" package, or is neoMutt going to be the sole
>Mutt offering?
>
>I used Mutt years ago; I wish now to run the stable version of the original
>Mutt, maintained by Elkins and company.  And, if at all possible, I wish to
>install an official Mutt package from the Debian repository.

When you upgrade to Buster, your mutt package will upgrade to a version
which is based on upstream without the neomutt patches.

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  Re: which mutt? Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2019-05-03 13:50 +0200
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        Re: which mutt? Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2019-05-03 23:30 +0200
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            Re: which mutt? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-05-04 14:00 +0200
      Re: which mutt? "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> - 2019-05-03 20:50 +0200
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          Re: which mutt? David Jardine <david@jardine.de> - 2019-05-08 00:20 +0200
        Re: which mutt? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-05-04 05:20 +0200
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            Re: which mutt? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2019-05-04 15:00 +0200
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