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Longtime developer of K-9 mail (base of Thunderbird for Android) steps down (cketti.de)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Leaving for his own mental well-being, sounds like on good terms.

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[–] bubbalouie@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

Thank you for K-9 Mail.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 weeks ago

Fantastic person.

Funny that the post closes with "thank you". So kind. I depend on K-9 Mail daily, so "thank you" from me doesn't cut the amount of indebtedness and gratitude I have to this person. Thank you! 🙏

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago

Realistically, permanently walking away from K-9 Mail never was an option in the past. There was no one else to take over as a maintainer. It would have most likely meant the end of the project. K-9 Mail was always too important to me to let that happen. But this is no longer an issue. There’s now a whole team behind the project and me stepping away no longer is an existential threat to the app.

Good on Mozilla for helping Thunderbird continue!

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 10 points 2 weeks ago

Absolute legend. Wish him the best of luck.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So....when are we getting a MacOS client.....?

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thunderbird does have a Mac client I thought?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I may have meant iOS. I will accept my internet excoriation.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes, I don't think they offer iOS

[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

You get off the sofa and help do it