Re: [9fans] newaccount.html has gone missing

["Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>]

> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/newaccount.html
> 'The object plan9/newaccount.html does not exist on this server.'

where did you find this link?  i thought i removed
all the ones on the bell-labs site.  as i mentioned in
the email to 9fans about the new web site, accounts
are no longer needed, so the account-creation
mechanisms are turned off.

> The problem is that that somewhat breaks patch(1), it still
> works but spills a bunch of errors because it can't chmod 
> any files, and it shows up as created by none.

then please submit a patch for patch.  patches need to be
possible to create as none.

> > you need to run 9fs sources; mount /srv/sources /n/sources
> Question is, should we change patch(1) to do that?

definitely not.  patches need to be possible to create as none.
i think people with sources accounts should just change their
/rc/bin/9fs scripts.  it's a good exercise.  

> I'll confess that I still use an authenticating mount for sources.
> It does seem that sources accounts still serve a purpose, so perhaps
> they ought to be optionally available.

the auto-account-creator was a clumsy hack that was
difficult to maintain.  we were only using accounts as
proof-of-clickthrough.  now that the clickthrough is gone,
the need for accounts is gone too.

we'll still create accounts as necessary for people who
need to write to sources (e.g., in contrib or other places).
frequent patch submitters are welcome to ask too.

russ