I think it makes good sense to move the hosting of nmh development to Savannah. This is not a slight on where it is hosted now. But I think it makes sense for a long running project to be independent of the efforts of any single individual.
One of the main reasons I handed the development of nmh over to others a couple years ago, was that I didn't want it to stop progressing when I didn't have the time to devote to it. Also, remember that I started nmh because the development of MH had been languishing for years. Let's not commit the same mistake here. But another touchy subject is how to organize and drive the future direction of the project. When I was running the show, it was easy. I made all the decisions (and wrote most of the code). But again, that depends on a single individual having the time and momentum to work on the project. I would suggest we formalize a "core group" just like many other open source projects. This group would drive the direction of the project. The goal would be consensus on such topics, but if necessary they would vote to decide. I am on the mailing list for the apache web server, and they are organized this way. If set up correctly, it functions quite smoothly with little overhead. nmh (and MH) has always had a lot of unfulfilled promise. I would like to see the project grow and expand. At some point, someone will need to think about nmh 2.0 and what that might mean (I have plenty of ideas about that). I would love to see that happen. Richard Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
