From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: andrey mirtchovski To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] permission bit of /mail/box In-Reply-To: <580ddc8b7111c39f7cd256e21b6a6508@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:32:11 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 445f88fe-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp wrote: > However, I feel it's not the way of Plan 9 which seaks most > elegant way to solve ones. I believe Presotto's reasoning was exactly that -- there is no easy and intuitive way to implement a 'do-not-archive' bit. At least not intuitive to the users. People are used to /scratch space already on other systems, just in Plan 9 it would mean 'this will not be backed up, but you could bind it anywhere you like'. A reverse /tmp of sorts :) I'm so happy to have the 'always archive' option with venti that I don't mind it requiring me to be a wee bit careful where I put mp3's :)