From: rawtaz Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:40:43 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Clarify the relation between NeoMutt and Mutt X-Git-Tag: neomutt-20180512~57 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=01afc8c3866117c4c360181dc009a5f58e34d42b;p=neomutt Clarify the relation between NeoMutt and Mutt Fixes a discrepancy between the website and this README on the topic of "is it a fork?". --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b148976d9..aa58ff480 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -211,7 +211,15 @@ Tyler Earnest, Victor Manuel Jaquez Leal, Vincent Lefevre, Vladimir Marek. ### Mutt -NeoMutt is a fork of Mutt. +While NeoMutt is technically a fork of Mutt, the intention of the project is not to +diverge from Mutt, but rather to act as a common ground for developers to improve Mutt. + +Collecting, sorting out and polishing patches to be incorporated upstream (into Mutt), +as well as being a place to gather and encourage further collaboration while reducing +redundant work, are among the main goals of NeoMutt. NeoMutt merges all changes from Mutt. + +More information is available on the [About](https://www.neomutt.org/about.html) page on +the NeoMutt website. Mutt was created by **Michael Elkins** and is now maintained by **Kevin McCarthy**.