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couple of years, the quality of discussion on this mailing list is quite
refreshing to lurk… and at times quite entertaining. The smaller size of the
community and the self-evident passion and skill of the contributors
> I have no interest in using 9front for [...] non-technical reasons.
as i said, probably some misunderstanding.
> The "community" is atrocious; anyone willing to turn a blind eye
> toward bad behavior due to technical merit is sophomoric if not
> abusive. ISTR calling this "elitist fuckery" in
> What are some of the technical reasons?
To clarify, I'm asking about technical reasons for not using 9front
as opposed to some other Plan 9 flavour; not as opposed to some other
operating system(s) altogether.
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The world has really moved along since 2000, even since 95/98 (all
clear Microsoft milestone years, in case one misses the connection).
That genie ain't going back in any bottle. Well, is there really more
than one, or is it just one, multiheaded Hydra?
I feel at home on Plan 9 and continue to cur
> I have no interest in using 9front for both technical and
> non-technical reasons.
What are some of the technical reasons?
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> seriously, i hear only complaints here, meanwhile 9front is doing just
> fine. you are deciding against it for non-technical reasons (or
> probably misunderstandings).
I have no interest in using 9front for both technical and
non-technical reasons.
The "community" is atrocious; anyone willing t
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 2:47 PM hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> in your words it would be an insult, no?
>
Of course! How did I miss that?!
seriously, i hear only complaints here, meanwhile 9front is doing just
> fine. you are deciding against it for non-technical reasons (or
> probably misunderst
i resubscribed a week ago but i don't think i'll last another week
here. sp9sss is where the action's at.
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in your words it would be an insult, no?
seriously, i hear only complaints here, meanwhile 9front is doing just
fine. you are deciding against it for non-technical reasons (or
probably misunderstandings).
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I can't tell if this is a similitude or an allegory.
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 12:32 PM hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 6) skip continues to protect the doormat somebody forgot in front, but
> he never dared to look up at the long demolished building.
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out of my pov there is no big problem, my quick summary of the history:
1) it *seemed* hard to get patches in when the gatekeepers were still
around (i didn't try)
2) respected gatekeepers have left the building (geoff was last iirc)
3) lots of stuff get fixed in 9front
4) nobody on 9fans realizes
Our kernel panics aren't backward.
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 7:27 AM hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> we have no brand, but our kernel panics are better.
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>> and nobody is building a
>> release with an "OFFICIAL" stamp on it
>
> What exactly would you want such a stamp to mean?
>
Largely 2 things:
1) That this is the "up to date plan 9" that the
community around it believes should be used.
This seems to have improve
we have no brand, but our kernel panics are better.
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On 12/3/19, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
>> and nobody is building a
>> release with an "OFFICIAL" stamp on it
>
> What exactly would you want such a stamp to mean?
>
>
If I may hi-jack the question, I think one needs a starting point that
everyone can use as reference. What we have
> and nobody is building a
> release with an "OFFICIAL" stamp on it
What exactly would you want such a stamp to mean?
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> On 12/3/19, o...@eigenstate.org wrote:
>>
>> Unrelatedly, would there be interest in adding the `$split{cmd} syntax
>> from 9atom to 9legacy? I think it's currently the only reason that
>> git9 doesn't work out of the box there, and it's very nice syntax.
>>
> I'm quite obsessed with converging
On 12/3/19, o...@eigenstate.org wrote:
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> Unrelatedly, would there be interest in adding the `$split{cmd} syntax
> from 9atom to 9legacy? I think it's currently the only reason that
> git9 doesn't work out of the box there, and it's very nice syntax.
>
I'm quite obsessed with converging the very
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