Re: How can we decrease the cognitive overhead for contributors?

[Csepp]

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> paul <goodoldpaul@autistici.org> writes:
>
>>> Please go ahead and package the rest of Sourcehut, so we can host it and
>>> finally forget about Mumi and Debbugs.
>>
>> Again, this is not a competition between Sourcehut and Mumi. This is a
>> discussion between adults that care very much about the same
>> philosophical and political points about technological control and
>> autonomy.
>
> You seem to have managed to miss my point.  I emphatically agree that
> there is no competition.
>
> As the original author of Mumi I want it to become obsolete as it
> clearly has outlived its usefulness and better alternatives exist.  The
> way to get there is to add the replacement to Guix so we can host it.
>
> I won’t contribute to Mumi any more.  Giving it up doesn’t hurt my
> feelings.  I’d be glad to see it gone.

I think given the lack of dev resources, it's impressive that Mumi works
as well as it does, but I'm glad that we have some rough-consensus that
something better is needed.  I'll try to pick up the Sourcehut
packaging, now that I know there is a chance it would be accepted.