Hi Iain (and all sup fans)

In our recent communication I expressed my great appreciation when I 
heard that my favorite email client has been rescued from a sad 
extinction. I have been using sup off and on for more than 8 years and 
in the mean time I have tried many others like mutt, mu4e, notmuch etc, 
but I keep coming back to sup as it simply works best for the way I like 
doing email.

I am sending this follow up to the mailing list in the hope that there 
is additional interest in discussion about sup and the various linux 
distributions.

When I first started using sup it was not available via Arch Linux, so I 
found it easier (mostly because of my own lack of programming 
knowledge...) to install into Lubuntu and later Debian. More recently I 
have been using Arch Linux so I checked the ArchWiki and was pleased to 
see sup there!

But, because of the problem that sup works only on ruby 2.3.3 and Arch 
uses a newer version of ruby, one has to use a workaround that is 
thankfully fully described on the Sup-ArchWiki which then directs you to 
the RVM-ArchWiki with good instructions for installing RVM and then sup.

This RVM workaround is referred to in the Sup-ArchWiki as a temporary 
install, and I discovered why; one of the draw backs is that after some 
linux kernel updates sup stops working and an alias needs to be added to 
~/.bashrc again.

This is why when you mentioned in your item (4) "Collaborate with major 
downstream packagers"; I thought it would be great if you included Arch 
Linux in this group as I believe sup fits in perfectly with the Arch 
Linux philosophy, one item of which is minimal bloat. I am currently 
using sup on Arch Linux with the i3 tiling window manager which I really 
enjoy; cutting edge and bloat free, although I still have to find the 
time to sort out some sup hooks.

I believe many other dedicated sup users would find this sort of set up 
very satisfying!!

So, thanks again Iain
Cheers
Willem