Re: Yarn updates unlikely

From: Douglas Tan (dougtan@softhome.net)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 97 13:57:30 +0800

On Sun, 23 Nov 1997 14:11:06 -0800, theo@ccnet3.ccnet.com wrote:

>I am somewhat amused by the latest round of yarn wish-list posts and
>calls for chin to produce an update or release source code.
>
>This kind of mail seems to show up about every 3 months. It seems
>clear that these things will never happen. Chin has not replied either
>to the request to update, fix yarn .92 or to release source code to
>others for over a year.
>
>Barring a miracle, I suspect we are stuck with the yarn we've got.

Hmm...while this does sound worse than the usual "OS/2 is Dead" post one
finds in the OS/2 advocacy ng, I hope it does not reflect the whole truth.
Yes, I know that every once in a while someone pipes up with "I want a
new version of Yarn and here's my wish-list", but that is only to be
expected with a good software which has not been updated for some time.

As for any unresponsiveness on Chin's part, one can only speculate. Has
*anyone* communicated with him lately or at any point in the past? If so,
and if the person deem it proper, could he share what he knows with the
rest of the list subscribers? In the meantime, we can only wish. :-)

Doug