Re: [9fans] Web interface to '/n/sources/contrib' gone??

["Devon H. O'Dell" <devon.odell@gmail.com>]

All parody aside, Bruce, the service did exist at one point, and it
existed because it was useful to enough people for the labs to make it
and set it up. It's been available for several years. Hiccups aside,
it's a bummer that it's down for so long. At this point, I'd think it
would be obvious that there are people other than the 5 of us who
actually have a Plan 9 machine to drawterm into or an
easily-accessible 9vx instance. Even despite the fact that I *do* have
access to Plan 9 machines and that I *do* have access to 9vx
instances, I find myself looking at the web-exported source during
times it would be infeasible for me to access them (while I'm at work,
for instance).

This is the same thread that comes through 9fans monthly --
 - ``What happened to X?''
 = ``Screw X''
 - ``But I actually use X''
 = ``Who cares''
 = ``X sucks and so do you''
 = ``Go blow goats, etc.''

I can appreciate the humor, but not at the expense of dismissing the
problem. If the labs don't want to keep the thing running, great,
someone else can sync with sources and provide that interface. So,
let's change the question: ``Labs guys, is that thing dead, and should
we set another one up -- or are we back in another hiccup period?''

``Mockery is easy. Helping people is hard.'' It amuses me that, having
come up with such a degrading rant about wanting to access sources via
HTTP, you're sending email on your proverbial Nintendo Lego blocks.

--dho