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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go status)
Date: Mon,  2 Dec 2013 10:50:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <80bad6333ec4976e8c89570f0918b298@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7ae72d180fdae73e741ff98b0192b583@proxima.alt.za>

On Mon Dec  2 10:01:48 EST 2013, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > is the threat standing?  that is, if the plan 9 port is broken again
> > when 1.5 rolls around in just a few more months, does the plan 9
> > port get booted then, too?
>
> The threat is real: Plan 9 is a burden for the developers and lack of

perhaps we're seperated by a common language.  "standing" in the sense
that for each new release does the same condition hold: if it does not
pass all the tests, it is evicted from the main line.

> The solution is not with "open source" but with rolling up one's
> sleeves and figuring out how to converge as much as possible the

given that most of the time is spent bailing water out of the boat,
and fixing things that weren't previously broken, it seems to me that
like anything it's a two-way street.

anyway, what's the argument for not just forking?

- erik



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-12-02 15:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 125+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-02 10:53 lucio
2013-06-02 14:10 ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-02 15:24   ` lucio
2013-06-03  4:20     ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-03  5:38       ` lucio
2013-06-03 13:28         ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-03 16:34           ` lucio
2013-06-03 16:46             ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-03 17:04               ` lucio
2013-06-03 17:07                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-06-03 17:33                   ` Bakul Shah
2013-06-03 17:38                 ` Charles Forsyth
2013-06-03  5:48       ` [9fans] More Go status lucio
2013-06-03 17:53       ` [9fans] SSE in a note handler Steve Simon
2013-06-02 15:01 ` [9fans] Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go status) cinap_lenrek
2013-06-02 15:22   ` lucio
2013-06-02 15:38     ` cinap_lenrek
2013-06-02 15:54       ` lucio
2013-06-02 15:59         ` Kurt H Maier
2013-06-02 16:08           ` lucio
2013-06-02 19:37   ` Anthony Martin
2013-12-02  2:10     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02  8:22       ` Anthony Martin
2013-12-02 14:33         ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 14:59           ` lucio
2013-12-02 15:22             ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-02 17:19               ` lucio
2013-12-02 18:39                 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-02 20:09                   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 20:11                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 20:22                       ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 20:24                       ` David du Colombier
2013-12-02 20:38                         ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 20:44                           ` Bakul Shah
2013-12-02 20:45                             ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 20:59                               ` Bakul Shah
2013-12-02 21:03                                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 23:35                                   ` Bakul Shah
2013-12-03  0:11                                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 20:45                           ` David du Colombier
2013-12-02 21:06                           ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 21:45                             ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-02 21:47                               ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 21:51                             ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 23:26                               ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 23:43                                 ` Steve Simon
2013-12-03  0:16                                   ` Anthony Martin
2013-12-03  2:55                                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  0:12                                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  0:21                                   ` Anthony Martin
2013-12-03  0:49                                   ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2013-12-03  0:52                                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  1:01                                       ` Anthony Martin
2013-12-03  1:06                                       ` Jeremy Jackins
2013-12-03  1:34                                         ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-03  7:43                                           ` lucio
2013-12-03  7:33                                     ` lucio
2013-12-03  7:29                                   ` lucio
2013-12-03 15:20                                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  7:31                                   ` lucio
2013-12-03  8:14                                     ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-03  9:16                                       ` lucio
2013-12-03  9:21                                       ` lucio
2013-12-03 14:51                                         ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  9:46                                       ` Charles Forsyth
2013-12-03 10:04                                         ` lucio
2013-12-03 11:39                                           ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2013-12-03 14:42                                           ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03 14:51                                             ` Charles Forsyth
2013-12-03 15:54                                               ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-03 16:04                                               ` lucio
2013-12-03 16:47                                                 ` Charles Forsyth
2013-12-03 17:44                                                   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-03 23:12                                                   ` john francis lee
2013-12-04  0:13                                                     ` sl
2013-12-04  4:25                                                   ` lucio
2013-12-04  4:35                                                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-04  6:19                                                       ` lucio
2013-12-04  7:04                                                         ` [9fans] Go port [was Re: Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go status)] Jeff Sickel
2013-12-04  7:20                                                           ` [9fans] Go port [was Re: Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go lucio
2013-12-04  7:52                                                             ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-04 15:11                                                               ` lucio
2013-12-04  4:37                                                     ` [9fans] Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go status) Jens Staal
2013-12-04  4:46                                                       ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  7:10                                 ` lucio
2013-12-03  7:23                                   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-03  7:37                                     ` lucio
2013-12-03 15:04                                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  9:48                                 ` Richard Miller
2013-12-03 10:08                                   ` lucio
2013-12-03 11:14                                     ` Charles Forsyth
2013-12-03 11:24                                       ` lucio
2013-12-03  6:53                     ` lucio
2013-12-03  4:49                   ` lucio
2013-12-03  8:02                     ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-03  9:12                       ` lucio
2013-12-02 15:50             ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2013-12-02 17:23               ` lucio
2013-12-02 18:35                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  4:35                   ` lucio
2013-12-02 22:52               ` Anthony Martin
2013-12-03  6:20                 ` andrey mirtchovski
2013-12-02 16:10           ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 17:25             ` lucio
2013-12-02 19:13               ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 19:34                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-03  6:34                   ` lucio
2013-12-03  5:02                 ` lucio
2013-12-02 17:31             ` Jeff Sickel
2013-12-02 17:52               ` lucio
2013-12-02 18:33                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 19:16                   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 19:26                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-02 19:33                       ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-02 19:31                   ` Christopher Nielsen
2013-12-02 20:17                     ` David du Colombier
2013-12-02 19:37                   ` Bakul Shah
2013-12-02 19:57                     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-03  6:47                       ` lucio
2013-12-03  6:45                     ` lucio
2013-12-03  4:32                   ` lucio
2013-12-03 17:22 erik quanstrom
2013-12-03 17:37 ` Bence Fábián
2013-12-03 17:59   ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-04  5:48 ` lucio

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