From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 10:40:44 -0500 From: plannine@sigint.cs.purdue.edu To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20141202154044.GA29342@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> References: <547C0A85.9090906@gr13.net> <873a3482d7cbc73496b64baa73c718a5@proxima.alt.za> <20141201103810.GA541@polynum.com> <547D3967.2020200@gr13.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [9fans] Factotum vs SASL Topicbox-Message-UUID: 32060072-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 08:08:04PM -0800, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 20:46:08 +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: >> So, how would a Plan9 solution for these usecases look like ? >> >> In fact, I intend to rewrite network-manager to some 9p-based solution, >> so I'd like to discuss this carefully before starting to lennert up >> something stupid. > > has it occured to you to try the system out as is? nobody else has > asked for it to be more unix like in the same way. perhaps there's > good reason for it to be the way it is. To be fair, he's not talking about using Plan 9, just leveraging something factotum-like under Linux. I think he should be commended for spreading the 9love in the face of rampant Lennartism, quixotic though it may be.