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To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Policy-Reasoning: allow: sender is a member Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8b78b9c4-77f4-11ec-84ea-dd38a9b114d5 Archived-At: =?UTF-8?B?PGh0dHBzOi8vOWZhbnMudG9waWNib3guY29tL2dyb3Vwcy85?= =?UTF-8?B?ZmFucy9UMzk1MTU2ZDRmMmIwMGNkZS1NMjVjODg1N2Y5MzFlZjcyY2UyNzYy?= =?UTF-8?B?ODdmPg==?= List-Help: List-Id: "9fans" <9fans.9fans.net> List-Post: List-Software: Topicbox v0 List-Subscribe: Precedence: list Reply-To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> List-Unsubscribe: , Topicbox-Delivery-ID: 2:9fans:437d30aa-c441-11e9-8a57-d036212d11b0:522be890-2105-11eb-b15e-8d699134e1fa:M25c8857f931ef72ce276287f:1:uriwQM9qbwx0Q-Ak31JNKkDoubuJQbwT2jQ0HRvq1HM On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 6:32 PM Matt wrote: > > But that's why 9front was forked, right? They say it on their FAQ. Even t= hough Plan 9 isn't being developed anymore, doesn't the fork cause worry th= at one day they become too different, especially since the community is rat= her centered around Plan 9 rather than 9front? Or is the community actively= trying to make 9front be accepted as the official continuation of Plan 9? > 9fans / 9fans / see discussions + participants + delivery options Permali= nk All wrong. From my perspective 9front is plan 9 from the future compared to today's plan 9. 9front development moves at a much faster pace thanks to adopting tools like mercurial in the past and now git. That enables devs who are passionate about moving plan 9 forward commit access using tools they, and most of today's developers are already intimate with. It has virtualization, modern encryption, cleaned up pci code, rc fixes, boot clean up, and so much more. The mailing list is very active and crawling with devs eager to review and apply fixes. 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