Re: Charting the Future: Envisioning Plan 9 Release 5 for the 9fans Community. [Was:Re: [9fans] Supported Notebooks]

["Don A. Bailey" <don.bailey@gmail.com>]

I look forward to not seeing 9front as a part of a formal release, then. 

Thanks!



> On Jan 25, 2024, at 7:00 PM, ori@eigenstate.org wrote:
> 
> Great; let me repeat one more time: The Plan 9
> foundation does not currently engage in technical
> work such as putting together releases. There will
> be no release from the P9F including 9front code,
> because there will be no release from the P9F.
> 
> If you feel the need for a release, I encourage you
> to make one. If you feel your release is insufficently
> formal, I suggest renting a tux.
> 
> Quoth Don A. Bailey <don.bailey@gmail.com>:
>> I’m aware you’re a member of the foundation.
>> 
>> What I want I think I’ve made clear. I do not want to see a formal release of Plan 9 that includes anything from the 9front project. I do not want 9front merged with what I tongue-in-cheek term “mainline” (9legacy / 9pio updated patch sets). I’d rather 9front stay its own thing. I’m certain there are a lot of relevant contributions within 9front but I think its place is as its own niche system.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Jan 25, 2024, at 4:55 PM, ori@eigenstate.org wrote:
>>> 
>>> Quoth Don A. Bailey <don.bailey@gmail.com>:
>>>> I’d prefer the sources to be managed by the foundation and would
>>>> like to only receive patches through them.
>>> 
>>> Speaking as a member of the foundation, we do not manage sources
>>> or distribute patches. We do not maintain a Plan 9 distribution,
>>> and currently have no plans to do so.
>>> 
>>> Our focus, in line with our charter, is not technical. We focus
>>> on growing the Plan 9 community, and providing ways to help the
>>> Plan 9 diaspora with their technical work, and helping with the
>>> logistics involved in that. An example of the work the P9F may
>>> take on would be organizing IWP9.
>>> 
>>> While I have not discussed with the rest of the P9F, I think
>>> providing infrastructure to support community projects would
>>> also fit our goals.
>>> 
>>> If you have specific ways we can support people like you
>>> taking up the torch and carrying plan 9 development forward,
>>> please speak up and let us know; I'll ensure that it gets
>>> discussed at the next P9F meeting.
>>> 

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