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Date: Mon,  2 Dec 2013 15:35:07 -0800
From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go status)
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On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:03:54 EST erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:
> > I am suggesting breaking out just the diffs and new mkfiles in
> > a separate tree so that one can do
> >
> >     mk all && mk install
> >
> > This can fetch the necessary bits, apply patches, build, test,
> > create downloadable binaries (with crypto signatures if you
> > care) etc.  As part of this it can mk any dependencies.  One
> > of which can pull in changes for ape. Right now all this seems
> > rather manual. As more changes are merged back in the upstream
> > sources, port diffs can reduce.
>
> patches are the plan 9 standard way of doing
> things.  they've been submitted, and can be
> applied by anyone.

Right but clearly this is not working well. Anyway, I'll try
to find time to whip up a prototype of what I am talking
about.