[Alpine-info] compatibility question

[Deke Clinger]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, FHDATA wrote:


> 

> Greetings,

> 

> I know this is a bit late considering that alpine has been out for some 

> time. But we are finally moving to alpine 2.00 from the last of the pine 

> series (4.64). We have a lot of users. Some are "old-timers"

> and not so technical ....

> 

> I understand that essentially there are no issues going to alpine 2.00 

> from pine 4.64 but to be on the safe side ....

> 

> Question:

> Is it correct to state that generally, let say,  98% of functionality

> of pine exist in alpine to the extent that a general  pine user does not 

> even notice (s)he is using alpine? i.e. if I symlink alpine to pine

> would they even notice it?

> 

> Thank you kindly,

> fh,


I'm not an alpine developer but I've used pine/alpine heavily daily for
over a decade so maybe I can comment. It's been quite a while since I made
this change but I'd say this shouldn't be a problem. There will be teething
problems with any new technology but I recall thinking that pine -> alpine
was a pretty smooth transition. Props to the developers. 

-Deke