> Thing is, It's autoconf that needs careful > redesign: The question is, why should I care about that all? I have mk(1) and I really don't need more to build software on Plan9 (rc, awk/sed, etc. come in handy).
You seem to insist on alien software, why is porting software from lunix a prefered solution? Most of the solutions are a.) either to problems we don't even have or b.) so awkward in interfacing you just end up writing a native fork anyway. Another interesting quesiton is: Should we have the ability to port alien software to Plan9, from an ethical point of view? I personally would feel better if APE was in extra/ (and has it's own mailinglist and contrib/). > even though contrib/replica is not as comprehensive as a > revision control even when backed by venti, it is unmatched for Plan 9 > purposes. parse error. What are unmatched Plan9 purposes? And what has autoconf to do with contrib and replica?
