Hi Ryan, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ext Quim Gil

> ext Ryan Abel wrote:
> > itT user free was kind enough to compile what basically amounts to a
> > changelog for 4.2008.30-2[1] 

> > [2]Actually, let me take this opportunity to CALL OUT the Modest
> > developers for very poor communication with the community for a
> > supposedly "open source" project. Their component on 
> Bugzilla seems to
> > be virtually barren of real Modest-developer participation, and one
> > only seems to be able to elicit a response from any of them when
> > they're practically cornered on significant bugs. This is very
> > unfortunate for what I hope will become a very cool, 
> lightweight, and
> > open source email client. . . . :(
> 
> An explanation here could be a coincidence of factors: Dirk was the
> project manager and was quite open about the development, blogging and
> stuff - but he changed his role at Nokia and now is elsewhere. Most of
> the core development was/is done out of Nokia. Philip can 
> answer for any
> tinymail related stuff since he is public upstream but the Modest
> implementation is upstream itself and open source, but 
> developed through
> traditional contractual relations.
> 
> Another lesson to learn here. If any Modest developer (or any Nokia
> subcontractor) reading this has ideas for improvement please let us/me
> know. Thanks again.

Thanks Quim -- to add to that; I still keep an eye on Modest
development,
applying the occasional parch (as I did this morning).

Anyhow, regarding Bugzilla - we do look at it, but as Quim explains, it
takes quite some acrobatics to take care of both internal and external
worlds. The Modest development team is very busy with feature
development
and bug fixes, and admittedly, after that there's not soooo much time
left
for interacting with the community. That's a sad fact. 

But, in the end, we are really trying to produce the best possible
e-mail
client, no matter what. We really appreciate the feedback through
bugzilla
and elsewhere. And if you have any specific issue, please mail me
directly,
let's see what we can do.

Best wishes,
Dirk.
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