From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] these are release of 9front?
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 14:18:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <083476d3cc73e1f377fdca5c5030628a@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <042f5704bc7dbee05ba3fbd09e1a493d@hamnavoe.com>
On Tue Jan 8 05:53:23 EST 2013, 9fans@hamnavoe.com wrote:
> > many drivers needed a rewrite anyway (like usb audio) because they
> > where a total mess.
>
> There are plenty of things in Plan 9 still in need of improvement
> or even rewriting. That's why it makes me sad to see our small
> community being made even smaller when some of the most skilled
> programmers direct their efforts into splintering off their own
> little playgrounds instead of helping to make Plan 9 better for
> everyone.
i agree with this. i am unhappy with the current state of things,
too.
however, i find most of the things i've done are not interesting to
all folks. so what to do: (a) discard the work, or (b) keep a
difference. suppose you need that bit to do your job? suppose
the difference helps someone's machine boot? and once
you have a few "required" diffs, then it's easy for the trivial to creep
in. especially in the face of any reformatting.
i think that it's possible for someone like you, who is in fact skilled,
to navigate these dilemmas with well-crafted changes.
but i have not been able to.
- erik
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-08 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-08 1:07 Francesco Cardi
2013-01-08 1:17 ` John Floren
2013-01-08 1:27 ` sl
2013-01-08 9:09 ` Richard Miller
2013-01-08 9:59 ` cinap_lenrek
2013-01-08 10:15 ` Richard Miller
2013-01-08 10:36 ` cinap_lenrek
2013-01-08 10:52 ` Richard Miller
2013-01-08 11:10 ` lucio
2013-01-08 11:24 ` Bence Fábián
2013-01-08 14:14 ` steve
2013-01-08 15:37 ` erik quanstrom
2013-01-08 13:48 ` sl
2013-01-08 16:22 ` Wes Kussmaul
2013-01-08 14:24 ` cinap_lenrek
2013-01-08 14:33 ` cinap_lenrek
2013-01-08 14:52 ` David Leimbach
2013-01-08 15:53 ` Nemo
2013-01-08 19:38 ` Richard Miller
2013-01-08 20:40 ` mveety
2013-01-08 20:48 ` erik quanstrom
2013-01-08 20:54 ` Matthew Veety
2013-01-08 22:42 ` Federico G. Benavento
2013-01-09 4:23 ` cinap_lenrek
2013-01-12 13:48 ` Richard Miller
2013-01-12 14:12 ` erik quanstrom
2013-01-12 14:35 ` Richard Miller
2013-01-12 14:47 ` Richard Miller
2013-01-08 19:18 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
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