Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:17:24 -0700 From: Max Okumoto <okumoto@ucsd.edu> To: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> Cc: timh@tjhawkins.com Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <hf1xlhpk17.fsf@valbanera.sdsc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040518171751.GA58065@shall.anarcat.ath.cx> (The Anarcat's message of "Tue, 18 May 2004 13:17:51 -0400") References: <00d701c43c85$0ca36bd0$6501a8c0@yourw92p4bhlzg> <20040518171751.GA58065@shall.anarcat.ath.cx>
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I agree. I think we should have the lists depricated, and the web
site changed to indicate that it is dead. :-(
Max
The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> writes:
> On Mon May 17, 2004 at 10:05:57PM -0500, timh@tjhawkins.com wrote:
>> new installer, great idea. I have a question..
>
> That's 2 questions. :)
>
>> How much money do you require to finish this project?
>
> That, I have no idea, and because...
>
>> Is this project even active anymore?
>
> Not really. It's been almost a year now since anything significant
> happened on the list.
>
> I personally am not involved very much in libh anymore, and leave space
> for other, maybe less ambitious but more realistic, projects like libpkg
> which should make the current system work better instead of re-inventing
> the wheel.
>
> I feel that libh has taken too long the role of a failed promise for the
> FreeBSD community and rightly deserves to die now. Each year or so, new
> volunteers crash their heads against this wall, without real impact, and
> I actually feel libh hinders real improvements of the packaging system
> by giving a false hope of a coming revelation. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> A.
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