From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D76E5076-D4FB-4573-B69C-D849EF83D3F1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.2\)) From: Anthony Sorace In-Reply-To: <936f17215bd57185dd20a0a3cfa9165c@posteo.de> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:06:12 -0400 Message-Id: <2D0107B7-C4A8-4723-BCFA-D90841BE2BEA@9srv.net> References: <1fc1c403eaecd8cae89f761a68b0d605@posteo.de> <936f17215bd57185dd20a0a3cfa9165c@posteo.de> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 Sources Repository Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0707f812-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --Apple-Mail=_D76E5076-D4FB-4573-B69C-D849EF83D3F1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jul 19, 2014, at 8:02 , dante wrote: > My whole argument goes about the following hypotheses: > 1. increasing the amount of contributions may not scale in the current = model. Okay, it *may* not. But we have no evidence of that. There's no = indication that the current distribution model represents a scaling = problem (it may represent a higher barrier to entry, but that's a = different claim). I'm pretty convinced (from using the system, and = having worked in shared environments using this model) that the limiting = factor to scale is human attention. > 2. submitting trivial contributions is not trivial for the = contributor. While on Plan 9, it's pretty darn easy. I'll grant that it's not trivial = if you're not on Plan 9. I'm not convinced that's worth spending much = attention on fixing (I suspect we're likely to get better contributions = from people using the system for real), but it is fixable without = changing the model. It wouldn't be hard to write a patch(1) for = plan9port. Go to town. But you'll want to do so after being familiar = with the normal operation. Anthony --Apple-Mail=_D76E5076-D4FB-4573-B69C-D849EF83D3F1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlPKwasACgkQyrb52b5lrs4awgCcDkW8ya9v5tFuEAP6HM2E7bFN uxQAnRcPVbLnermPHOVDKiG8rI4awpHf =IFUF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_D76E5076-D4FB-4573-B69C-D849EF83D3F1--