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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: Open Source does not mean easily re-compile-able
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 14:26:22 -0500
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On 12/27/24 18:44, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 28.12.2024 00:22, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> No need to be skeptical, we live in modern ages
>> where things have been made quite convenient for us.
> 
> LOL. :-)
> 
>> Compiling Thunderbird should be very easy indeed 
>> when we use Linux distro's package management.
> 
> You expect _users_ of tools to use a _development_
> environment to fix *inherent* shortcomings of a tool?
> (Shortcomings that should not be there in the first
> place!)

IIRC, this is in reference to my difficulty when Thunderbird changed the
Reply button to mean "Reply" rather than "Followup", and instead added a
new button that is labelled "Followup". I have never complained about
that change - it was an entirely sensible one. I'm just having trouble
re-training myself to use the newer, more sensible interface in a few
years after spending a couple of decades using the older, less sensible
one. And I fully appreciate other people's irritation at my difficulty
with re-training.
I wouldn't mind if they reinstated the ability, which existed in older
versions of Thunderbird, to rearrange the list of buttons that are
displayed. I do complain about the removal of that customization
ability. I don't want to go back to those older versions because that
would mean undoing other improvements. I'm especially worried about
undoing security bug fixes.

I don't like the idea of creating my own personal version of Thunderbird
by modifying their source code, because it means I would have to re-do
the build every time they put out a new version. I want quick and easy
upgrades to newer versions, especially security bug fixes, and that
desire conflicts with the desire for customization.