From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <2188c557ad2646d89a136afbf78aef52@proxima.alt.za> To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 10:41:32 +0200 From: lucio@proxima.alt.za In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Ports tree for Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 56c47f10-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I am not saying that they are the ideal or good tools - just that most 3rd > party source expect certain behavior and a "compatibility environment" > (like APE) has as first priority to deal with 3rd party stuff. Enabling as > much as possible without judgement is at least to me desirable. Remember that APE was developed to determine the portability to Posix of software developed natively for Plan 9. That it turned on its master and took on a totally different mantle is understandable, but it is also not surprising that some shortcomings may never be uovercome. Lucio.