Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010207000304.039e8750@myrealbox.com> X-Sender: lewellyn AT myrealbox DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 00:07:01 -0800 To: DJGPP newsgroup From: Matt Lewandowsky Subject: Re: Ending development of libsocket Cc: libsocket Mailing List , Wojciech Galazka In-Reply-To: <3A805D3D.9A91AD2B@phekda.freeserve.co.uk> References: <3A745502 DOT 497CA8DF AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> <95ngpf$bk9$1 AT pippin DOT nask DOT waw DOT pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="-====---=-=--==--==--=-------=--==-==-==---=-==-"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk ---====---=-=--==--==--=-------=--==-==-==---=-==- Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed OK, here are my thoughts: I really find it sad that you're ending development of libsocket. I've been quite busy since early December and am just finding time for my projects again. However, a few of them will be relying on libsocket (or something similar including offspring...) to allow TCP/IP from both DOS and Windows. (I had mentioned trying to revive the WATTCP code in libsocket at one point.) For example I have an IRC client in the works, but I need to do a *lot* of screen handling stuff before I worry about actually trying to connect to an IRC network... I think this is why there are so few good IRC clients, let alone in DOS... ;) It'd be even better for someone like me who dual-boots and wants to run the same programs in both environments. Of course, I *could* compile in both environments, however, only having one binary is a huge plus in trying to distribute it. (Kinda like the early days of Win 95 when all 32 bit apps [pretty much] worked with Win 32S...) Is Wojciech Galazka offering to take over maintainership? I hope someone will, because I would like to see this project continue, and I unfortunately do not have the time or knowledge to properly maintain it myself. Richard, if someone else takes over maintainership, will you still be active in assisting development? You have put a lot of (excellent) work into this project, and it would be a grave loss if you left it behind completely. If libsocket is doomed to die a death of lack of maintainence, can anyone suggest a replacement which would be suitable? Also, if no maintainer is found, it may be worth considering a second person holding a copy of your CVS repository, just in case something bizarre happens. Like, say you go on a year long trip around the world in a few years and someone decides to revive the project and can't reach you. I agree that there's plenty of work to be done on libsocket, but it is well worth doing. --Matt -- Matt Lewandowsky matt DOT l AT techie DOT com 877-225-7490 PGP Key ID: 0x1D3A6BA7 URL: http://www.greenviolet.net (Web page only up when I'm online) "... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." -- Robert Firth ---====---=-=--==--==--=-------=--==-==-==---=-==- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use Comment: Key ID: 0x1D3A6BA7 iQA/AwUBOoECJOoMko8dOmunEQIxDwCg28nXOdK0H6bF8CqhAlHydjTlBeIAnjIp rTSSZ+78aTKgngMA4dpLi5H7 =M97c -----END PGP MESSAGE----- ---====---=-=--==--==--=-------=--==-==-==---=-==---