Re: Open Source does not mean easily re-compile-able

On 12/27/24 18:44, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

On 28.12.2024 00:22, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:

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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.