Subject: UNIX pine 3.90 and pico - any surprises??

From: [email-masked] (R. Stewart Ellis)
Date: 27 Aug 94 19:29:16 GMT

I am running the new pine on SunOS 4.1.3.  The new features that I have
tried are really nice.

If I were to simply replace the system-wide pine 3.89 binary, would my users
notice any difference?  Is the new pico any different at all?  I do not
answer the trouble calls at our site and I do not want to surprise/confuse
any of the users.

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 10:38:05 -0700 (PDT)

For a default configuration, the differences are minimal.  Both 3.89 and 3.90
have the "-p pinerc" command line option, so you can compare them using the
same .pinerc file without changing your own config... 

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From: [email-masked] (Steven King [Really!])
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 18:45:33 GMT

>answer the trouble calls at our site and I do not want to surprise/confuse

After making a backup of my 3.89 binary (Just In Case) I went ahead and 
replaced it with 3.90.  The users will see a splash screen saying, 
"Welcome to the new version" and be asked if they want the "Secrets of 
Pine" document via mail.  After that they'll see no substantial changes 
unless they go looking for them.  The user interface hasn't changed much 
at all.  And I haven't noticed any changes whatsoever in Pico.

If your users are real serious computerphobes they *might* get miffed by 
the slightly different way 3.90 displays attachments, but that's the 
biggest user-interface difference I've seen so far.  (Mind you, I don't 
use Pine for news; just mail.)

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