Re: [9fans] plan9.bell-labs.com down

[Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM, J.R. Mauro<jrm8005@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seriously, we're lucky to have sources /at all/. Instead of
> complaining, maybe the most concerned people should volunteer their
> time to help maintain sources, or put up mirrors of their own.

Seriously, but I can't let this nonsense go unanswered once again.

We'd be even luckier if people like you would stop spewing such
obvious bullshit. We are not lucky to have an insanely unreliable
sources / website that simply discredits the project and confuses and
misleads prospective users and developers.

And stop the totally false condescending 'you should volunteer to
contribute' nonsense, because *many* people have offered their help,
and help is not welcome, so before repeating such crap, maybe you
could bother to at least point out how people are supposedly even able
to help.

There is a reason people have setup mirrors of various parts of the
site and sources ( http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/
http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9/ http://9grid.es/index.html?item=mir and
many others) because they tried to help, and gave up and simply setup
their own thing (in some cases after years of exasperation and false
hopes that the situation would improve).

So, can we please move on, forget about plan9.bell-labs.com, and
simply pretend it doesn't exist? It will save people much wasted time,
frustrations and misunderstandings, and it will improve my health
considerably (but I suspect a few people would not mind if my health
got rid my annoying comments, some Lisp-heads have been celebrating
the demise of Erik Naggum...).

Thanks

uriel