Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread greemngreek
@Fazul It's active? How does it compare to 9front? -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tb6b3aefeebeb526d-Mf7aaea640f0595311564acf7 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription

Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread Richard Miller
> The site hasn't been updated since 2014-2015. The mirror 9pi.io has more recent patches in /sources/patch. There is also a good selection of patches in 9legacy.org/patch.html Current raspberry pi kernel source is on 9p.io in /sources/contrib/miller/9/bcm So yes, there is current development bu

Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
It's not dead; it's resting. On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:29 PM wrote: > The site hasn't been updated since 2014-2015. If it's dead, is there any > chance of it coming back into development? > *9fans * / 9fans / see discussions >

Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread Don A. Bailey
This :) > On Nov 22, 2019, at 1:54 AM, Skip Tavakkolian > wrote: > >  > It's not dead; it's resting. > >> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:29 PM wrote: >> The site hasn't been updated since 2014-2015. If it's dead, is there any >> chance of it coming back into development? > > 9fans / 9fans / se

Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread Jens Staal
Den fre 22 nov. 2019 kl 09:55 skrev Skip Tavakkolian : > > It's not dead; it's resting. > The whole "thing" about Plan9 was bringing back the dead so it is thematically on point. > On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:29 PM wrote: >> >> The site hasn't been updated since 2014-2015. If it's dead, is there

Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread Steven Stallion
Probably pining for the fjords. On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:54 AM Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > It's not dead; it's resting. > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:29 PM wrote: >> >> The site hasn't been updated since 2014-2015. If it's dead, is there any >> chance of it coming back into development? > > 9

Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread sl
most of these answers don't really answer the question everyone knows op is asking. why do we always play these games? the answer is: no, vanilla plan 9 is not still alive. background: plan 9's creators all left bell labs many years ago, and none of them use plan 9 anymore[0]. bell labs itself

Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread greemngreek
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Re: [9fans] Is the vanilla Plan 9 still alive?

2019-11-22 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
Not dead; more like Schrödinger's OS. On Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 3:16 PM wrote: > most of these answers don't really answer the question everyone knows > op is asking. why do we always play these games? > > the answer is: no, vanilla plan 9 is not still alive. > > background: > > plan 9's creator