I have just one question. Is this concern of 9front code making its way into the codebase of Plan 9 based on reality? Is there evident cause for concern?
The 9front developers develop 9front. Plan 9 from Bell Labs is not being developed, so there’s no “upstream” there is no “mainline” so there’s not really an ongoing relationship between the two. And 9legacy is bugfixes and maintenance to the original Plan 9 codebase, no? I don’t think anyone has any intentions of encroaching on 9legacy, I mean the name is literally legacy.
I don’t see any reason to believe Bell Labs’ Plan 9 will be “merged” whatsoever with 9front, or even 9legacy for that matter.
I look forward to not seeing 9front as a part of a formal release, then.