Re: merge outgoing patch

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Christopher Chan
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Saturday, February 27, 2010 02:25 PM, Mark Johnson wrote:
>> Don't hold your breath.  He seems content to let Matthew Dempsky carry
>> the torch.  I suspect the only thing we'll see from djb anytime soon
>> is maybe further releases of NaCl.
>
> Oh, is that why I am always blue in the face? Time to breathe. I guess the
> naysayers got the better of DJB. But then, it is not worth it when one has
> other more important things to do.

I don't interpret his lack of (public) activity with regard to
qmail/djbdns/etc as having anything to do with anything any
'naysayers' may have said.  I instead presume his
interests/needs/available time are simply no longer aligned with those
of the folks using his software.  I believe he wrote qmail and djbdns
for his own use because he was disgusted with Sendmail and BIND.  I'm
sure they're both still fine and dandy for his needs.  He has
generously donated his work to the public domain.  We're free to
extend it.  I don't think he owes us anything.  Wherever he is,
whatever he's doing, I hope he's enjoying himself, personally and
professionally.

We may yet see djbdns-1.06...I just don't think that will happen until
he's happy with NaCl (and I hope whatever grant is funding that
doesn't run out until then).  That's just my take, though, which is
probably completely wrong.