From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: From: Patrick Kelly To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <74D7F419-45B5-4A7C-BEC9-BD00DE32619C@rejaa.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:20:33 -0400 References: <201003291821.54838.corey@bitworthy.net> <138575261003300319v36aa5612sbb0f3938a4d16769@mail.gmail.com> <74D7F419-45B5-4A7C-BEC9-BD00DE32619C@rejaa.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan ? (was: native install) Topicbox-Message-UUID: f8fed400-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:33 AM, Gabriel Diaz Lopez de la Llave wrote: > hello > > This way (dot-it-your-self-way) we will "only" have one-man =20 > projects. . . Do it yourself refers to the community doing anything they need. Most =20= things are so trivial that one or two people can do it. That doesn't =20 mean there has never been a multi person collaboration. > slds. > > gabi > > El 30/03/2010, a las 12:19, hugo rivera escribi=F3: > >> I agree with Steve. >> I like the community approach to this matter: if plan9 doesn't have >> what you need, do it yourself; if you do something that might be >> useful for others share it and see what happens. >> Being a newbie myself I find very hard to write my own utilities, but >> that's a good way to learn ;-) >> >> >> 2010/3/30 Steve Simon : >>>> No one's willing to spearhead a "General Purpose 9" experiment, =20 >>>> and no >>>> one's interested in collaborating on and contributing to such a =20 >>>> project? >>>> >>>> "If you want [general purpose], you know where to get it." seems to >>>> be the period that ends all such discussion. >>> >>> I wouldn't quite agree, the discussions usually end one of three =20 >>> ways: >>> >>> - somone wants somthing like gnome, and are encouraged to run linux. >>> >>> - somone wants "the community" to port smthing like gnome and =20 >>> noone is >>> interested so they get bored and go away. >>> >>> - somone wants to write some code to solve a problem they have =20 >>> with plan9 >>> and the just get on with it and tell the list when its done. >>> >>> An example: >>> >>> I need SVN support at work, cinap has wrapped up his linuxemu with =20= >>> the snv >>> client and the apropriate shared libraries (thanks cinap). This =20 >>> allows me to >>> continue using plan9 (as I do every day, all day). >>> >>> In parallel I now have written a webdav client which I hope will =20 >>> become >>> a DeltaV/SVN client for plan9. I feel its worth writing as I think =20= >>> it is >>> interesting to try and fit the plan9 file model to SVN's version =20 >>> control model. >>> >>> I wanted it, I got on with it and wrote it. >>> >>>> I can't help but wonder: where's the crux of the inertia? >>> >>> An interesting question. If you can garner enthusism from the list >>> perhaps you can be "the one" to spearhead a new burst of enthusism? >>> >>> -Steve >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --=20 >> Hugo >> > >