[Pkg-mutt-maintainers] Bug#870635: Broken upgrade

[T. Joseph Carter]

I just discovered my email configuration broken and, upon investigation, I
can see why.  I won't re-open this bug, however I believe that that
bringing mutt 1.9.1 in to Debian in a way that breaks people's
configurations in order to appease a developer who's frankly been openly
hostile and pissy throughout the entire process is unacceptable.

If a patched version of mutt is "illegal" then it is not free software and
must be removed from Debian.  It's that simple, and it's required by the
social contract.  If instead Kevin's ignorance of the law and claiming to
own the four characters "mutt" and demanding that Debian break upgrades for
the sake of his e-penis is all that is actually at issue here, then a
transitional package is appropriate and someone can create a mutt-vanilla
package assuming you can find someone willing to deal with upstream.

Just the perspective of an end user who had his email break unexpectedly.
I DO NOT LIKE my email being broken.

Joseph
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