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From: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun,  7 Mar 2010 14:02:39 -0600
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] ports duplication
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Augment the contrib tools (or a fork or facsimile thereof) to including =
user-defined rankings and reviews.  Forks and duplication sometimes make =
sense, sometimes they don't -- but the better versions will percolate to =
the top.

Its a community driven thing, we need the right tools to enable that.

     -eric


On Mar 7, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX) wrote:

> I really think this idea that duplication of things in contrib is bad,
> is bad (or just a red herring).
>=20
> For ports of big applications (python, say), the amount of work =
involved
> is going to self-limit the number of ports right up front. And the =
ones
> that do make it will self-select based on the quality of the port.
>=20
> As for the smaller things, I would prefer to see ten different bits of
> code that achieve the same end vs. just one. Diversity is good, and a
> broader selection of code gives a bigger field to mine for ideas and
> concepts.
>=20
> --lyndon
>=20
>=20
>=20