Re: [9fans] Web server down?

2012-10-19 Thread Don Bailey
Ah nice. Thanks, I completely missed that email. D On Oct 20, 2012, at 11:47 AM, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: >> Is the main plan9 server down? > > Geoff warned us that he was shutting down all Plan 9 equipment at Bell > Labs. He threatened to bring them up later. > > ++L > >

Re: [9fans] Web server down?

2012-10-19 Thread lucio
> Is the main plan9 server down? Geoff warned us that he was shutting down all Plan 9 equipment at Bell Labs. He threatened to bring them up later. ++L

[9fans] Web server down?

2012-10-19 Thread Don Bailey
Is the main plan9 server down? Thanks, D

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-28 Thread maht
erik quanstrom wrote: I use ~ patterns for URI matching on my site what are "~ patterns"? rc shell pattern matching

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-27 Thread erik quanstrom
> I use ~ patterns for URI matching on my site what are "~ patterns"? - erik

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-27 Thread maht
P.S. So far it seems that werc wouldn't be able to manage highly dynamic and volatile URI hierarchies as long as it is run under anything but Plan9. Ironically it doesn't seem to run there. I use ~ patterns for URI matching on my site http://ten.steponnopets.net/ it's a bit of a work in

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-27 Thread erik quanstrom
> On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 00:13 +0200, Uriel wrote: > > My criticism was directed at how they are actually used in pretty much > > every web 'framework' under the sun: with some hideously messy ORM > > layer, they plug round Objects down the square db tables, and all of > > it to write applications w

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-27 Thread Uriel
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Roman V. Shaposhnik wrote: > On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 12:54 +0100, maht wrote: >> >>> How difficult would it be to use rails or merb in plan9? Is it feasible? >> Not Rails or merb or anything non Plan 9 but a few of us are building an >> rc shell based system that wo

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-26 Thread hiro
>FSs have a bit of a downside in how they make everything look like tree >structures. In which way is this a constrain?

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-26 Thread Roman V. Shaposhnik
On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 19:19 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > yes. there are several web servers, including one in the standard > > dist. however, rails or merb might be something you'd have to do > > yourself. > > Did anyone already get java running on Plan9 ? Java is too many things. Strictly

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-26 Thread Roman V. Shaposhnik
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 00:13 +0200, Uriel wrote: > My criticism was directed at how they are actually used in pretty much > every web 'framework' under the sun: with some hideously messy ORM > layer, they plug round Objects down the square db tables, and all of > it to write applications which reall

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-26 Thread Roman V. Shaposhnik
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 12:54 +0100, maht wrote: > >>> How difficult would it be to use rails or merb in plan9? Is it feasible? > Not Rails or merb or anything non Plan 9 but a few of us are building an > rc shell based system that works anywhere CGI and Plan 9 / plan9port is > available. > > http

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-20 Thread maht
cgi is more than parsing query strings, there are at least two other variable passing mechanisms x-www-form-encoded (query string as the POST body) and multipart/form-data - the sort that's required when uploading binary stuff. Common Gateway Interface is a 36 page RFC : http://www.ietf.org/r

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sun Apr 19 21:44:25 EDT 2009, 9...@9netics.com wrote: > i think John mentioned he was using cgi.c that's in Russ' contrib > area. did i imagine it? (entirely possible) i'm sorry. i took "cgi" to be a free variable. my mistake. - erik

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
i think John mentioned he was using cgi.c that's in Russ' contrib area. did i imagine it? (entirely possible) > On Sun Apr 19 18:04:51 EDT 2009, benave...@gmail.com wrote: >> skip is pretty much on the point exactly the same convention is valid >> for cgifs. >> >> http://machine/cgifs/script?va

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread Federico G. Benavento
again cgi is a standalone app, /n/sources/contrib/rsc/cgi.c is the one setting QUERY_STRING On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:21 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Sun Apr 19 18:04:51 EDT 2009, benave...@gmail.com wrote: >> skip is pretty much on the point exactly the same convention is valid >> for cgifs. >

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sun Apr 19 18:04:51 EDT 2009, benave...@gmail.com wrote: > skip is pretty much on the point exactly the same convention is valid > for cgifs. > > http://machine/cgifs/script?var0=val0&var1=val1 > > cgi as cgifs are programs that parse the requested uri and from there, > after the 2nd '/', get

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread Federico G. Benavento
skip is pretty much on the point exactly the same convention is valid for cgifs. http://machine/cgifs/script?var0=val0&var1=val1 cgi as cgifs are programs that parse the requested uri and from there, after the 2nd '/', get the script name "script" in the example above. On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 2:

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sun Apr 19 12:03:54 EDT 2009, 9...@9netics.com wrote: > you could make local mods to your httpd so that paths starting with > /cgi are given similar treatment as those that start with /magic; it > would execute "cgi" and pass it the arguments as usual. then url is: > > http://myserver/cgi/foo?

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
you could make local mods to your httpd so that paths starting with /cgi are given similar treatment as those that start with /magic; it would execute "cgi" and pass it the arguments as usual. then url is: http://myserver/cgi/foo?var1=1&var2=2 and in script "foo" the $QUERY_STRING will be "var1=

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sun Apr 19 09:13:28 EDT 2009, j...@csplan9.rit.edu wrote: > >>http://myserver/magic/cgi/foo?var1=val1?var2=val2 > > > > i think you wish > > > > http://myserver/magic/cgi?var1=val1&var2=val2 > > > > - erik > > So what are these magical vars? Where do I specify > the cgi program to ru

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread john
>> http://myserver/magic/cgi/foo?var1=val1?var2=val2 > > i think you wish > > http://myserver/magic/cgi?var1=val1&var2=val2 > > - erik So what are these magical vars? Where do I specify the cgi program to run? John

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread erik quanstrom
> http://myserver/magic/cgi/foo?var1=val1?var2=val2 i think you wish http://myserver/magic/cgi?var1=val1&var2=val2 - erik

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-19 Thread Steve Simon
> http://myserver/magic/cgi/foo check the logfile /sys/log/httpd/clf also, don't you want to do somthing more like: http://myserver/magic/cgi/foo?var1=val1?var2=val2 This is an educated guess rather tha experience talking. -Steve

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread john
>> So, how hard is it to get werc running on real Plan 9? The readme was >> for Plan 9 Ports last time I checked. > > Shouldn't be hard, aside from a couple of paths that might need fixing > (perhaps using bind(1) will do), it should run out of the box. > > The only issue is that it expects to ru

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread erik quanstrom
> I really didn't want to get into this debate, my point about COBOL was > more about the archaic syntax than anything else. the way not to get into a debate is to not make controvertial claims about the facts. - erik

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread Uriel
> So, how hard is it to get werc running on real Plan 9? The readme was > for Plan 9 Ports last time I checked. Shouldn't be hard, aside from a couple of paths that might need fixing (perhaps using bind(1) will do), it should run out of the box. The only issue is that it expects to run as a CGI,

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread Uriel
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:27 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> While I think SQL  *really* sucks (besides smelling too much of COBOL, >> it pretends to be relational when it is not), > > your facts here are incorrect.  clearly sql is relational, if you take > codd's meaning of the term.  also sql as a

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread john
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Rudolf Sykora > wrote: >>> Writing the core of a blog engine in three lines of rc is hard to >>> beat, plus you get the benefit of being able to manipulate and manage >>> all your data using the tools any self respecting Unix user loves. >>> >>> uriel >> >> well

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread erik quanstrom
> While I think SQL *really* sucks (besides smelling too much of COBOL, > it pretends to be relational when it is not), your facts here are incorrect. clearly sql is relational, if you take codd's meaning of the term. also sql as a language has nothing to do with cobol. cobol, like fortran, c

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread Uriel
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Rudolf Sykora wrote: >> Writing the core of a blog engine in three lines of rc is hard to >> beat, plus you get the benefit of being able to manipulate and manage >> all your data using the tools any self respecting Unix user loves. >> >> uriel > > well, I haven't

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread Uriel
While I think SQL *really* sucks (besides smelling too much of COBOL, it pretends to be relational when it is not), that was not my point, and I agree with you that relational databases don't store objects, and that relational databases do have valid uses that are sadly often overlooked (maybe thi

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-18 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* erik quanstrom wrote: Hi, > yes. there are several web servers, including one in the standard > dist. however, rails or merb might be something you'd have to do > yourself. Did anyone already get java running on Plan9 ? I dont know anything about ruby, but IMHO python could be compiled into

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread Rudolf Sykora
2009/4/17 maht : > >> well, I haven't thought about it deeply yet, but what I guess could be >> a problem with your approach is that many features would have to be >> somehow implemented first so that it all be useable. I mean e.g. ajax >> style of page content refresh, session management, perhaps

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread maht
well, I haven't thought about it deeply yet, but what I guess could be a problem with your approach is that many features would have to be somehow implemented first so that it all be useable. I mean e.g. ajax style of page content refresh, session management, perhaps POST method too. ruda

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread erik quanstrom
On Fri Apr 17 08:33:12 EDT 2009, urie...@gmail.com wrote: > And then you would need some hideous SQL database. > > As ken said: we have persistent objects, they are called files; and > that is what werc uses. i feel compelled to defend one of my favorite quotes of all time from misapplication. i

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2009/4/17 Rudolf Sykora : >> Writing the core of a blog engine in three lines of rc is hard to >> beat, plus you get the benefit of being able to manipulate and manage >> all your data using the tools any self respecting Unix user loves. >> >> uriel > > well, I haven't thought about it deeply yet,

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread Rudolf Sykora
> Writing the core of a blog engine in three lines of rc is hard to > beat, plus you get the benefit of being able to manipulate and manage > all your data using the tools any self respecting Unix user loves. > > uriel well, I haven't thought about it deeply yet, but what I guess could be a proble

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread Uriel
>> How difficult would it be to use rails or merb in plan9? Is it feasible? > > Very difficult. No, not feasible. You would have to port Ruby. And > then possibly rails, too. Plan 9 isn't UNIX, or UNIX-like, or POSIX > (or POSIX-like). APE helps with some stuff, but not all the way. And then you w

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread Rudolf Sykora
2009/4/17 maht : > How difficult would it be to use rails or merb in plan9? Is it feasible? > > Not Rails or merb or anything non Plan 9 but a few of us are building an rc > shell based system that works anywhere CGI and Plan 9 / plan9port is > available. > > http://werc.cat-v.org/ Yes, I've

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-17 Thread maht
How difficult would it be to use rails or merb in plan9? Is it feasible? Not Rails or merb or anything non Plan 9 but a few of us are building an rc shell based system that works anywhere CGI and Plan 9 / plan9port is available. http://werc.cat-v.org/

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-16 Thread erik quanstrom
> I thought I'd seen a ruby port in the contrib list... > And if merb were just written (portably) in ruby, then, I thought, it > wouldn't have to be that difficult... /n/sources/contrib/fgb/tar/ruby.tgz - erik

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-16 Thread Rudolf Sykora
> >> How difficult would it be to use rails or merb in plan9? Is it feasible? > > Very difficult. No, not feasible. You would have to port Ruby. And > then possibly rails, too. Plan 9 isn't UNIX, or UNIX-like, or POSIX > (or POSIX-like). APE helps with some stuff, but not all the way. I thought I'

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-16 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2009/4/16 Rudolf Sykora : > Hello, > > I've been wondering (and not reading much)... > If I'd like to use plan9 as a www server, is there anything ready? Yes, there is a pre-built httpd and libraries for writing your own. Recent apache probably doesn't compile in APE (but maybe it does). > How di

Re: [9fans] web server

2009-04-16 Thread erik quanstrom
yes. there are several web servers, including one in the standard dist. however, rails or merb might be something you'd have to do yourself. - erik

[9fans] web server

2009-04-16 Thread Rudolf Sykora
Hello, I've been wondering (and not reading much)... If I'd like to use plan9 as a www server, is there anything ready? How difficult would it be to use rails or merb in plan9? Is it feasible? thanks ruda

[9fans] "Web server" wiki page not found

2008-05-18 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
% cd /mnt/wiki/ % ls | grep '^web_server$' web_server % cd web_server Can't cd web_server: 'web_server' file does not exist Why is this happening? My Mac OS X Safari reports the same thing. - Pietro