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Date: Thu,  8 May 2014 13:57:35 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] [GSOC] plan9 which arch code to use?
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> We are losing the 'reference implementation' from which the branches can be compared.

But is this a necessary consequemce of Bell Labs' distance, or merely
the way the community operates?  A reference point need not itself be
in use by all involved, it just needs to move slowly enough for a few
responsible parties to ensure that it remains a reference point.  Give
9atom x 2 and 9front (in whichever guise), together with the ARM
implementations (which I believe are much closer to the Bell Labs
release), it is not that onerous to make sure that there is a base
point for everyone out there.

I can see the weak points of such an approach, but is it any worse
than the current situation?

++L