Re: [9fans] 9n

2018-05-02 Thread Giacomo Tesio
2018-05-02 19:24 GMT+02:00 Fran. J Ballesteros : > I just learned to love absolute paths. > Actually they kind of emerge from my design by themselves. > IIRC, there was no deadlock caused that you should be aware of. > I'ts been a long time and quite a few protocols since then, I can look for >

Re: [9fans] 9n

2018-05-02 Thread Fran. J Ballesteros
I just learned to love absolute paths. IIRC, there was no deadlock caused that you should be aware of. I'ts been a long time and quite a few protocols since then, I can look for the source; there must be also some docs in the web. Also, I'm more in favor of prefix mount tables, that they are very

Re: [9fans] 9n

2018-05-02 Thread Giacomo Tesio
2013-06-17 21:06 GMT+02:00 Nemo : > You should ask if anyone else did that before doing it, instead of saying > they are un-spined life forms. > Here I am, finally! :-) I'm designing yet another file protocol for my toy/research os (whose kernel is derived from Charles Forsyth's Plan9-9k), and I

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:15:54PM -0700, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > all i see from you are pronouncements. show us your code. > I'm not a programmer; however, we here at 9front Technologies have deeveloped a new development paradigm we call "trust-based egalitarian avocational modular wide-area o

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread erik quanstrom
> now we know why this society may exist after all... those who do > something actually get pissed on. why bother even telling the masses > when they know what to expect in return. why bother? because the whining is not important to me, but plan 9 is. so there can be some trollish commentary. i

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread sl
> all i see from you are pronouncements. show us your code. That's how this all started. -sl

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
all i see from you are pronouncements. show us your code. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 08:20:56PM +0200, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: > > > > There is code that is neither secret nor published. Code that does "the" > > or "some" job for the wri

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Nemo
You should ask if anyone else did that before doing it, instead of saying they are un-spined life forms. Don't you have a tricorder? On Jun 17, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > It is annoying to have to replicate work someone else has done merely > because they lack the spine to release i

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 08:20:56PM +0200, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: > > There is code that is neither secret nor published. Code that does "the" > or "some" job for the writer but that the writer does not want to > maintain (for a public audience). There is no Hague Convention specification th

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread tlaronde
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 02:01:08PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Mon Jun 17 12:55:25 EDT 2013, ara...@mgk.ro wrote: > > > a lot of effort has gone into making code public. > > > > But it would be zero effort if code wouldn't be secret in the first place. There is code that is neither secret n

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Jiten Pathy
Thanks for clearing that up. I haven't looked at the code, but the changes in the paper looked interesting. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Nemo wrote: > It's a modified stock kernel, no need to ask because I made the changes > directly there. ;) > > Now seriously..., no plan 9 secret society

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread balaji
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:01 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Mon Jun 17 12:55:25 EDT 2013, ara...@mgk.ro wrote: >> > a lot of effort has gone into making code public. >> >> But it would be zero effort if code wouldn't be secret in the first place. > > and usually one gets pissed on for going to th

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread erik quanstrom
On Mon Jun 17 12:55:25 EDT 2013, ara...@mgk.ro wrote: > > a lot of effort has gone into making code public. > > But it would be zero effort if code wouldn't be secret in the first place. and usually one gets pissed on for going to the effort. - erik

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Aram Hăvărneanu
> a lot of effort has gone into making code public. But it would be zero effort if code wouldn't be secret in the first place. -- Aram Hăvărneanu

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:41:27PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > Now seriously..., no plan 9 secret society has ever been actually secret > > and hiding code, > > as far as I know, that is. The only times I saw someone was keeping code > > without publishing > > it was because the code was not

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Nemo
That was all I was trying to say, in a single and precise sentence. I should learn english at some point… On Jun 17, 2013, at 6:41 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > a lot of effort has gone into making code public.

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread erik quanstrom
> Now seriously..., no plan 9 secret society has ever been actually secret and > hiding code, > as far as I know, that is. The only times I saw someone was keeping code > without publishing > it was because the code was not considered to be ready enough for others to > try. a lot of effort has

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Nemo
It's a modified stock kernel, no need to ask because I made the changes directly there. ;) Now seriously..., no plan 9 secret society has ever been actually secret and hiding code, as far as I know, that is. The only times I saw someone was keeping code without publishing it was because the cod

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-17 Thread Jiten Pathy
I am just wondering, does the "new Plan9 secret society" approve of the release of code ? On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Francisco J Ballesteros wrote: > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Francisco J Ballesteros wrote: > >> concat >> us > > Since concat'ing us may be disgusting, I should have wri

Re: [9fans] 9n

2013-06-06 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
On Jun 6, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Francisco J Ballesteros wrote: > concat > us Since concat'ing us may be disgusting, I should have written "contact us". sorry.

[9fans] 9n

2013-06-06 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
Hi, I have copied at sources.lsub.org/9n a copy of a modified plan 9 kernel that has a new mount table and mount driver, (everything near namec changed), along with a variant of fossil that speaks 9P2000.ix aka 9pix. See 9n.README for the details. It's experimental, so use with caution. I'm usin