13.05.2024 12:12:49 ibrahim via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>: > On Monday, 13 May 2024, at 11:57 AM, sirjofri wrote: >> So, you could say, plan 9 from bell labs is the last released version, 4th >> edition. The others (9legacy, 9front, ...) are also plan 9, just not plan 9 >> from bell labs. > > I personally prefer to call my fork based on plan9. I didn't write or invent > plan9. Nor is my version a replacement or a continuation of plan9 it is fork > based on plan9.
I guess that's the difference in nomenclature. For me, a plan9 system is a system in the spirit of plan 9 from bell labs, using the concepts described in the papers and implemented in the bellabs sources. Similar to unix, which includes all the unices. For you, plan9 is explicitly plan 9 from bell labs. I don't think any of those definitions is "wrong" because there's no official definition. But I believe that we have to talk about the different systems using words. If I think about grouping operating systems based on concepts, we have all the doses, all the windowses, all the unices, and then (based on your definition) "plan 9 and forks of plan 9". For me, it's "all plan9 systems", which includes belllabs plan9, 9legacy, 9front and so on. That's one of the reasons I name 9front "a plan9 system", not "the plan9 system", because there are a few different distributions/forks. > On Monday, 13 May 2024, at 11:57 AM, sirjofri wrote: >> And if people want just a continuation of the concepts (the concepts which >> are commonly understood as "plan 9"), 9front is also one of those >> continuations, same as 9legacy or any other fork that tries to live those >> concepts. > As I said before I view 9front as one fork of plan9 and one I'm respecting. > You do a good job and people who use your fork surely benefit from your work. I wish I contributed more. I once tried to get at least one mention per 9front release, but that didn't work out. Again, I think it's just different wording we use for "plan9 (systems)". ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tcf128fa955b8aafc-M9096f4a332e1934a9993293d Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
