Please add Betterbird to the Thunderbird ebuild, so that Betterbird can be build instead of Thunderbird. https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches Betterbird fixes bugs and adds features that were discarded by the Thunderbird developers. https://betterbird.eu/index.html#featuretable
I would assume a default stance that this cannot be unconditionally patched in, as then people trying to install thunderbird wouldn't get thunderbird, they would get betterbird. It could, in theory, be added via a USE flag to apply betterbird as a patch series. However, given it has its own releases, branding, etc. I wonder why simply having a (guru?) package called "betterbird" isn't an option?
(In reply to Eli Schwartz from comment #1) > I would assume a default stance that this cannot be unconditionally patched > in, as then people trying to install thunderbird wouldn't get thunderbird, > they would get betterbird. > > It could, in theory, be added via a USE flag to apply betterbird as a patch > series. However, given it has its own releases, branding, etc. I wonder why > simply having a (guru?) package called "betterbird" isn't an option? A separate package is surely better, because the alternative is: a) bumps regularly end up losing the 'betterbird' USE flag or it gets masked (-> users lose functionality) because the patches aren't ready for a new release, or b) bumps have to be delayed until the patches are ready (which is not good for TB users and not good for the maintainer)
see also https://repology.org/project/betterbird/versions
