MiscKit (was: Re: XML encoder/decoder)
MiscKit (was: Re: XML encoder/decoder)
- Subject: MiscKit (was: Re: XML encoder/decoder)
- From: Don Yacktman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:54:04 -0600
On Sunday, July 7, 2002, at 03:50 PM, Brock Brandenberg wrote:
2. It looked like Erik Buck was writing an XML encoder/decoder for
MiscKit,
but MiscKit seems to be missing in action too. The site looks like it's
being reorganized, but nothing is currently available. Is the MiscKit
being
tied to the new Cocoa Programming book about to be published?
The MiscKit is separate from the book, though it is mentioned in the
book. The book will have its own web site.
Since this sort of question gets asked a lot, I think it is worth making
a public statement of the current status of things so that I don't spend
excess time answering people's queries about the kit (instead of
actually working on it).
The kit isn't dead, but I know it seems like it from the outside. I've
had to put most of my work on it on hold while I worked on the Cocoa
Programming book. That book has really turned things upside down for
me. Once my life is stable and I'm working less than 100 hours a week,
and am caught up at work, I will have some free time available for the
kit again.
I hope, within the next couple of months, to finish setting up the
remaining MiscKit infrastructure that is needed. (No need for anyone to
offer help; I've got some very competent helpers lined up already --
they're waiting for me to get my act together.) So very soon (if all
goes well) the kit will be back -- better than before, I hope.
The ultimate goal is to have the kit available for OS X in some form or
other before the Cocoa book hits the shelves. I don't know exactly when
the book will be out, but I don't think it will be a whole lot
longer. ;-) And of course, unexpected setbacks have a way of cropping
up, so none of this constitues a promise as to a specific time frame.
I'm just giving a core dump of the current status as I see it right now.
If it is any consolation, the fact that the kit has stagnated over the
past couple of years probably bothers me a LOT more than it bothers any
of you!
Now back to work...and back to lurking...
--
Later,
Don Yacktman
email@hidden
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