From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20141202154044.GA29342@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> References: <547C0A85.9090906@gr13.net> <873a3482d7cbc73496b64baa73c718a5@proxima.alt.za> <20141201103810.GA541@polynum.com> <547D3967.2020200@gr13.net> <20141202154044.GA29342@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 12:32:33 -0800 Message-ID: From: Skip Tavakkolian To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113d42dc8020e1050941a067 Subject: Re: [9fans] Factotum vs SASL Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3243e9f0-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113d42dc8020e1050941a067 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 9love is tough love. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 7:40 AM, wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 08:08:04PM -0800, erik quanstrom wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 20:46:08 +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > wrote: > >> So, how would a Plan9 solution for these usecases look like ? > >> > >> In fact, I intend to rewrite network-manager to some 9p-based solution, > >> so I'd like to discuss this carefully before starting to lennert up > >> something stupid. > > > > has it occured to you to try the system out as is? nobody else has > > asked for it to be more unix like in the same way. perhaps there's > > good reason for it to be the way it is. > > To be fair, he's not talking about using Plan 9, just leveraging something > factotum-like under Linux. I think he should be commended for spreading > the 9love in the face of rampant Lennartism, quixotic though it may be. > > --001a113d42dc8020e1050941a067 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
9love is tough love.


On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 7:40 AM, <= span dir=3D"ltr"><plannine@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 08:08:04PM= -0800, erik quanstrom wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 20:46:08 +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult w= rote:
>> So, how would a Plan9 solution for these usecases look like ?
>>
>> In fact, I intend to rewrite network-manag= er to some 9p-based solution,
>> so I'd like to discuss this carefully before starting to lenne= rt up
>> something stupid.
>
> has it occured to you to try the system out as= is?=C2=A0 nobody else has
> asked for it to be more unix like in the same way.=C2=A0 perhaps there= 's
> good reason for it to be the way it is.

To be fair, he's not talking about using Plan 9, just leveraging= something
factotum-like under Linux.=C2=A0 I think he should be commended for spreadi= ng
the 9love in the face of rampant Lennartism, quixotic though it may be.


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