On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:55:43 +0000, SINNER wrote:

> * Dan C wrote in alt.os.linux:
>
>> On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:29:47 +0000, SINNER wrote:
>>
>>>>> Nice. I did not know pan had themes/skins, I will be looking into
>>>>> this, find some themes/skins for pan. Thank you.
>>
>>>> I wouldn't hold your breath. That news item he quoted above is from
>>>> May 22, 2000. That's right, nearly SEVEN YEARS ago. It's not gonna
>>>> happen.
>>
>>> While I agree it might feel that way now, Pan seemed stagnant for
>>> some time and has suddenly gained some momentum, so I wouldn't count
>>> it out just yet.
>>
>> The "momentum" is not necessarily in the positive direction. The
>> newer versions are quite lacking in configuration options as compared
>> to the 0.14.2.x versions. Supposedly faster and use less memory, but
>> that doesn't outweigh options and stability, in my book.
>>
>> The last "good" version of Pan was 0.14.2.91, IMHO.
>>
>
> I agree.
>
> That said, it's a complete rewrite. I'd imagine the features will make it
> back in, if not, you are right, its almost unuseable. I choose to
> believe it will get there even thought I am usually NOT an optimist.

The entire 0.XXX series are beta releases (including 0.112 in
Mandriva 2007). They are still bugfixing and adding featrues to the
rewritten code. Only the old 0.14.2 is marked stable.



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