From owner-freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 22 22:16:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEA616A4CE for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 22:16:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mclean.mail.mindspring.net (mclean.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4A6043D39 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 22:16:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@usermode.org) Received: from h-68-164-82-199.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([68.164.82.199] helo=scatha.home) by mclean.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BRlLq-0002La-00 for freebsd-libh@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 May 2004 01:16:46 -0400 From: David Johnson Organization: Usermode To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 22:16:44 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <00d701c43c85$0ca36bd0$6501a8c0@yourw92p4bhlzg> <4CA59E9E-AC2D-11D8-871A-000A95AD47EE@queasyweasel.com> In-Reply-To: <4CA59E9E-AC2D-11D8-871A-000A95AD47EE@queasyweasel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200405222216.44543.david@usermode.org> Subject: Re: question X-BeenThere: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated to libh code development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 05:16:51 -0000 On Saturday 22 May 2004 01:19 pm, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > libh never lived up to its promise, that much is certainly true. The downfall of libh, IMHO, is that it was too ambitious. It was an installer, package manager, and universal GUI toolkit all wrapped up into one. Any one of these would be an ambitious undertaking, but all three together was just too much. -- David Johnson ___________________ http://www.usermode.org