Lobby for the re-inclusion of php-imap (and imap c-client)

[Warren Togami]

Derek P. Moore wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I'd like to lobby for the re-inclusion of php-imap (and, consequently, imap
> c-client [and, if I'm lucky, imap-utils]).
> 
> As a user of PHP, it's very inconvenient to be missing such a useful and widely
> used piece of PHP.  I'm doubly annoyed as a Horde hacker, as it requires PHP's
> c-client functions.
> 
> I understand ditching wu-imapd, etc.  But c-client is still very useful,
> especially in the PHP world.
> 
> Horde is, I believe, one of the most important free software projects out there
> at the moment.  Not many people are yet using the development branch of code,
> but it has come (and is coming) a long way.  It's thorough, stable, usable,
> actively developed, and widely used (at least the old code base is widely
> used).  It has a very flexible and extensible framework, and it kicks the asses
> of its competitors.
> 
> To overlook Horde is a big mistake.  If users have to hack together weird sets
> of custom-compiled RPMs to slap Horde on a Fedora box, that's going to annoy a
> lot of people as Horde 3.0 is released.
> 

Submit it to Fedora Extras currently at fedora.us, because that is where 
it belongs.  I do agree that custom RPMS maintained at dozens of 
arbitary other locations are confusing, so instead you should maintain 
it at the central collaborative project.

Warren