From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60710011055u3b3c84cfr89151018059f29d1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:55:19 -0700 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: X Window System In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_8078_11747349.1191261319335" References: <1190553102.693814.317030@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com> <1191144354.638906.73590@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <20071001152313.GA3832@nibiru.local> Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: c97dbb90-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_8078_11747349.1191261319335 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 10/1/07, marina@surferz.net wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > > * app wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > >> So, if not X, then how about some higher (or eperhaps lower?) layer > >> libraries (qtk? Qt? Gecko?) ported so that porting the 10 (or 100) > >> best known FOSS packages (whatever they are) would become more > >> possible? > > > > Porting libs like gdk to plan9 would be cool. > > > > But you shouldn't forget that many libs should be heavily > > restructured and cleaned up. > > > >> How about a project to take something like Firefox and restructure the > >> whole sw so that best modules would be kept and other modules re- > >> implemented /dev/draw way and Rio way? > > > > Huh, that's an really HUGE plan. I'm a little bit involved > > in moz and know what I'm talking about ;-O > > > > Why not start with something a bit smaller. ...like making SSH2 work. We > use plan9 for work a lot and not having SSH2 working is a large hassle. I just asked about this the other day... Wondering where it is :-) I'm not sure what's left to be done to make it go... Might even throw some money in the pot for someone to finish that project > as the crypto application is a bit beyond me. I think bounties for Open Source projects are neat, until someone decides not to maintain it :-) However, they can sometimes get the ball rolling in a way that lets novices help with maintenance after the "experts" have moved on. Dave > --- Marina Brown (tsygry) > > > > > > > cu > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: > > http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce > > Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: > > http://patches.metux.de/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------=_Part_8078_11747349.1191261319335 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On 10/1/07, marina@surferz.net <marina@surferz.net> wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Enrico Weigelt wrote:

> * app <porttikivi@gmail.com > wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> So, if not X, then how about some higher (or eperhaps lower?) layer
>> libraries (qtk? Qt? Gecko?) ported so that porting the 10 (or 100)
>> best known FOSS packages (whatever they are) would become more
>> possible?
>
> Porting libs like gdk to plan9 would be cool.
>
> But you shouldn't forget that many libs should be heavily
> restructured and cleaned up.
>
>> How about a project to take something like Firefox and restructure the
>> whole sw so that best modules would be kept and other modules re-
>> implemented /dev/draw way and Rio way?
>
> Huh, that's an really HUGE plan. I'm a little bit involved
> in moz and know what I'm talking about ;-O
>

Why not start with something a bit smaller. ...like making SSH2 work. We
use plan9 for work a lot and not having SSH2 working is a large hassle.


I just asked about this the other day...  Wondering where it is  :-)

I'm not sure what's left to be done to make it go...
 

Might even throw some money in the pot for someone to finish that project
as the crypto application is a bit beyond me.


I think bounties for Open Source projects are neat, until someone decides not to maintain it :-)

However, they can sometimes get the ball rolling in a way that lets novices help with maintenance after the "experts" have moved on.
 
Dave
--- Marina Brown (tsygry)



>
> cu
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Enrico Weigelt    ==   metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
>       http://wiki.metux.de/public /OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
> Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
>       http://patches.metux.de/
> ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------
>

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