From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) From: Gabriel Diaz Lopez de la Llave In-Reply-To: <138575261003300319v36aa5612sbb0f3938a4d16769@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:33:58 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <74D7F419-45B5-4A7C-BEC9-BD00DE32619C@rejaa.com> References: <201003291821.54838.corey@bitworthy.net> <138575261003300319v36aa5612sbb0f3938a4d16769@mail.gmail.com> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan ? (was: native install) Topicbox-Message-UUID: f8ec16bc-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 hello This way (dot-it-your-self-way) we will "only" have one-man projects. . = . slds. gabi El 30/03/2010, a las 12:19, hugo rivera escribi=F3: > I agree with Steve. > I like the community approach to this matter: if plan9 doesn't have > what you need, do it yourself; if you do something that might be > useful for others share it and see what happens. > Being a newbie myself I find very hard to write my own utilities, but > that's a good way to learn ;-) >=20 >=20 > 2010/3/30 Steve Simon : >>> No one's willing to spearhead a "General Purpose 9" experiment, and = no >>> one's interested in collaborating on and contributing to such a = project? >>>=20 >>> "If you want [general purpose], you know where to get it." seems to >>> be the period that ends all such discussion. >>=20 >> I wouldn't quite agree, the discussions usually end one of three = ways: >>=20 >> - somone wants somthing like gnome, and are encouraged to run linux. >>=20 >> - somone wants "the community" to port smthing like gnome and noone = is >> interested so they get bored and go away. >>=20 >> - somone wants to write some code to solve a problem they have with = plan9 >> and the just get on with it and tell the list when its done. >>=20 >> An example: >>=20 >> I need SVN support at work, cinap has wrapped up his linuxemu with = the snv >> client and the apropriate shared libraries (thanks cinap). This = allows me to >> continue using plan9 (as I do every day, all day). >>=20 >> In parallel I now have written a webdav client which I hope will = become >> a DeltaV/SVN client for plan9. I feel its worth writing as I think it = is >> interesting to try and fit the plan9 file model to SVN's version = control model. >>=20 >> I wanted it, I got on with it and wrote it. >>=20 >>> I can't help but wonder: where's the crux of the inertia? >>=20 >> An interesting question. If you can garner enthusism from the list >> perhaps you can be "the one" to spearhead a new burst of enthusism? >>=20 >> -Steve >>=20 >>=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Hugo >=20