On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:19, you wrote: > > I also sent email directly to Ralf, and heard no response from that > either. > > As things stand, I can't help but form the grudging opionion that pth is > being squatted on. Pretending to maintain a project without actually doing > so is worse than doing nothing at all, since it discourages others from > filling the void. >
That maybe so , but I think any author deserves some squatting rights on the code they laboured long and hard on. But that doesnt mean you cant help yourself while you wait for action .... As I mentioned in a previous post theres nothing stopping "Others" from creating a supplementary support site to maintain a patch archive or even a branch "fixup release". This could possibly lead to forking (which is Not A Good Thing) if it goes on long enough. But if these "others" intentions are noble (just holding the fort till Ralf has time to attend) and they need to fill the void theres nothing really to stop them doing so. If anyone willing to take this on needs server resources to host such a site, SourceForge and the like are free. I'd offer our site as an archive, but right now I just dont have the time to set it up or maintain it - my paying job has me locked down for a lot more than 8 hours a day . Pth is working for me fine, so I havent felt the need to chase down any fixes (yet) . I can sympathise with Ralf if he hasnt resources at the moment. But if anyone out there have a big enough need to update Pth and make it publicly available, then theres no reason not to help themselves. With a bit of care, the accumulated changes should be able to be merged into the main code base. Regards, -- Peter Farmer | Custom XML software | Internet Engineering Zveno Pty Ltd | Website XML Solutions | Training & Seminars http://www.zveno.com/ | Open Source Tools | - XML XSL Tcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] +------------------------+--------------------- Ph. +61 8 92036380 | Mobile +61 417 906 851 | Fax +61 8 92036380 ______________________________________________________________________ GNU Portable Threads (Pth) http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/ User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager (Majordomo) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
