And if 9front stays 9front, that's fine by me. Do it up :-)
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 1:13 PM Jacob Moody <mo...@posixcafe.org> wrote: > Do you have specific issues with our code? All I've seen is vague finger > pointing. > We don't need some authority to point at 9front and say its "mainline", > people > see where the effort is going, endorsement or not. > > On 1/25/24 10:44, Don Bailey wrote: > > I'm not sure what all this was, so I didn't read most of it. > > > > If 9front becomes the "mainline" 9, I will stop using 9 altogether. Both > as a user and a developer. > > > > I trust the sources that come from 9legacy/9pio but I don't have any > interest in the mess of whatever 9front is supposed to be. > > > > D > > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:40 AM hiro via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net > <mailto:9fans@9fans.net>> wrote: > > > I am not a fan of the weird 9front split from the standard repo. > I’d prefer the sources to be managed by the foundation and would like to > only receive patches through them. > > > > Are you speaking as part of the foundation? As a developer? Or as a > User? > > > > Me, as a user, I would also appreciate if the foundation (or the real > > bell-labs unix room heritage, before the foundation existed) would > > "manage" something. for example development and continuous hosting > of > > the sources server. This doesn't seem to be the case. > > > > I also would appreciate the making available of patches by the > > foundation. I have no clue where their codebase is moving in the last > > few years as there was no single commit (or even simple patch via > > email) received from them. > > > > I think the reason the 9front repo is continuing to stay split "off" > > is because the bell-labs servers have all been shut down. As a result > > the community has stepped in to donate their own time, money, server > > resources, sweat and blood, etc. to keep a usable plan 9 version and > > community (that is willing to stay patches) alive. > > > > It is extremely unfortunate, but the pressure behind the freely > > contributed code ended up being stronger than the ability to > negotiate > > with the empty halls of bell-labs. So as a result lots of community > > members are able to contribute quite effectively. > > > > To me the legend of what must have been the unix room will always > stay > > alive, and I will continue to use it as a benchmark to measure my own > > team's success against. But if I cannot be part of the group of cool > > kids that came out of this, I can at least have my own bell-labs, > with > > blackjack and hookers. In my head. > > > > Don, I wish you great technical collaborations. At least this is what > > I have came here for, and have tried to take what caused awe in me > and > > keep them alive and infect others with all that. Maybe you can submit > > another patch to sources some day soon. > > > > hiro > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > 9fans: 9fans > > Permalink: > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T42f11e0265bcfa18-Md70d852f764bf07113bf0b48 > < > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T42f11e0265bcfa18-Md70d852f764bf07113bf0b48 > > > > Delivery options: > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription < > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> > > > > *9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest>* / 9fans / see discussions < > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants < > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options < > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> Permalink < > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T42f11e0265bcfa18-M49c3ee9d437d123d75160dc8 ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T42f11e0265bcfa18-M0592fdb421431e638889480e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
