features can be integrated into any email program.)
* Notmuch is not much of an email program. It doesn't receive messages
- (no POP or IMAP suport). It doesn't send messages (no mail composer,
+ (no POP or IMAP support). It doesn't send messages (no mail composer,
no network code at all). And for what it does do (email search) that
work is provided by an external library,
[Xapian](http://xapian.org). So if Notmuch provides no user
## Source code
-Either way, please feel free to jump in. All of the code for Notmuch
-is available as [free
+All of the code for Notmuch is available as [free
software](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) released
under the GNU [GPL version
3](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). The latest
list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch-commits) to watch
every commit made to notmuch and the notmuchmail.org web site.
+Source code of notmuch releases can be downloaded [here](http://notmuchmail.org/releases/).
+
+There is a buildbot [here](http://buildbot.notmuchmail.org/grid) (configuration [here](https://github.com/tomprince/buildbot-configs/tree/notmuch)).
+
+## Bug-tracking and patches
+
Patches are most welcome and should be sent to notmuch@notmuchmail.org.
Please try to follow the [[patch submission guidelines|patchformatting]]
when submitting patches to notmuch.
-For experiment in patch tracking, see [[nmbug]].
-Source code of notmuch releases can be downloaded [here](http://notmuchmail.org/releases/).
+The tagging and filtering features of notmuch make it quite suitable
+for use as a bug- and patch-tracker. We are currently experimenting
+with using it for this purpose for notmuch development, using a
+utility called [[nmbug]].
-There is a buildbot [here](http://buildbot.notmuchmail.org/grid) (configuration [here](https://github.com/tomprince/buildbot-configs/tree/notmuch)).
+The status of current patches can also be followed [[online|http://nmbug.tethera.net/status]].
## Binary packages
* [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=notmuch), [Ubuntu](http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=notmuch)
-* [Slackware](http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/office/notmuch)
+* [Slackware](http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/office/notmuch/)
## Screenshots
[#notmuch](irc://chat.freenode.net/#notmuch)@irc.freenode.net IRC
channel.
-## Feature Ideas
+## Feature ideas
We have started a [[feature requests|feature-requests]] page on this
wiki. No, things you add there won't automatically get implemented -
but it's a nice way to collect ideas.
-### Website
+## Website
This wiki is maintained using
[ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). Instructions on how to edit it can be