Re: [Pan-users] 0.134 and Beyond

[Wayne E. Nail]

On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 15:45 -0700, Jeff Berman wrote:

> I wish I could help out, as I am a programmer and I love Pan, but I'm not 
> familiar with Linux and C++ isn't my strong suit.  I know just enough to get 
> Pan and all the libraries compiled under OS X.
> 
> I'm surprised there hasn't been more uptake by others in fixing bugs and 
> adding features.  In my mind Pan is the best newsreader out there.  I wonder 
> what news reader all the Linux-using C++ developers are using (and 
> contributing to)?
> 
> Jeff

Might it be possible and/or worthwhile for you to share what is required
to make Pan compile and run in, say, Leopard 10.5.8 and Snow Kitteh?

As for what other newsreaders linux users are using, I have begun to
wonder whether they even do, which is odd. There's Knode, but it's a
featherweight compared to Pan, most especially when downloading headers
from multimillion-header newsgroups.

Pan is the best newsreader I've ever used period, counting even Newsbin
Pro and NewsLeecher on WinOS, let alone Agent. I did like Gravity but
that was Early Paleolithic.

--Wayne