On 1/26/24, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: >> People use 9front, which is not plan 9. Many good things >> started as forks, and that's ok. > > mostly i agreed. but to me plan9 is just an old 9front version without > the bootloader. > It's a neat summary, but it reflects a particular perspective and tends to be dismissive of possible alternative perceptions.
To go back to a core team, it seems obvious to me that the work of formally describing the current status would be the fundamental core function and I can't imagine anyone, not even an aspiring academic, taking that on. Something along the lines of Nemo's commentary is just too big a task today. And that is just the kernel... Incidentally, does FreeBSD have a single distribution? I know NetBSD does, but then FreeBSD and OpenBSD are forks from 386BSD through NetBSD, and they share much, but have distinct identities. I tend to think of 9front and 9legacy along similar lines. I dream of "one Plan 9", but it is an immense and probably pointless exercise. Lucio. ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T8d272411830cebfc-M7132c4f38b7eb42377bfd660 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
