Hi Iain (and all sup fans)
In our recent communication I expressed my great appreciation when I
heard that my favorite email client has been rescued from a sad
extinction. I have been using sup off and on for more than 8 years and
in the mean time I have tried many others like mutt, mu4e, notmuch etc,
but I keep coming back to sup as it simply works best for the way I like
doing email.
I am sending this follow up to the mailing list in the hope that there
is additional interest in discussion about sup and the various linux
distributions.
When I first started using sup it was not available via Arch Linux, so I
found it easier (mostly because of my own lack of programming
knowledge...) to install into Lubuntu and later Debian. More recently I
have been using Arch Linux so I checked the ArchWiki and was pleased to
see sup there!
But, because of the problem that sup works only on ruby 2.3.3 and Arch
uses a newer version of ruby, one has to use a workaround that is
thankfully fully described on the Sup-ArchWiki which then directs you to
the RVM-ArchWiki with good instructions for installing RVM and then sup.
This RVM workaround is referred to in the Sup-ArchWiki as a temporary
install, and I discovered why; one of the draw backs is that after some
linux kernel updates sup stops working and an alias needs to be added to
~/.bashrc again.
This is why when you mentioned in your item (4) "Collaborate with major
downstream packagers"; I thought it would be great if you included Arch
Linux in this group as I believe sup fits in perfectly with the Arch
Linux philosophy, one item of which is minimal bloat. I am currently
using sup on Arch Linux with the i3 tiling window manager which I really
enjoy; cutting edge and bloat free, although I still have to find the
time to sort out some sup hooks.
I believe many other dedicated sup users would find this sort of set up
very satisfying!!
So, thanks again Iain
Cheers
Willem
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