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[Citadel Support] Re: Supporting the Community

IGnatius T Foobar
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:30:27 -0700

   
 Craig:  
   
 Please disregard everything davidfrankie said.  Here's how it really is:  
   
 * Citadel is one of the oldest open source projects in existence 
anywhere.  It began in 1981.  It isn't going to fall into disuse anytime 
soon.  It is now a very popular software package; rough estimates now 
number the installed seats in the millions.  
   
 * There are a number of developers who occasionally take on projects that 
are commissioned by "customers" who use Citadel.  The established protocol 
is to outline a project here in the support forum in order to locate a 
developer who finds the project interesting and has the skill set required 
to do the work.  Our only requirement is that any new code must be 
contributed back to the project under the terms of the GPL.  
   
 * As for a migration stragegy: we generally recommend that you use a tool 
such as IMAPcopy or IMAPsync to migrate from one server to another, using 
IMAP resources on both ends.  This strategy has generally been found to be 
satisfactory in the past.