From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Installed Plan 9, now what? From: Charles Forsyth In-Reply-To: <20031209041058.7427.qmail@g.galapagos.bx.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-mllywnfkmhvdqhvxuvnskgskpi" Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 09:59:32 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9e5d08e0-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-mllywnfkmhvdqhvxuvnskgskpi Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit perhaps, but i think that's necessary anyway even with all the . this-and-that-local attempts, and in some ways they make it less obvious that something has changed. for instance, the main script might have changed the place the local part is invoked, or its context (environment variables, name space etc), thus changing the effect without giving you any warning. if instead you simply change the original script, you can see what happens in context, in one place, and applylog moans making it obvious that you need to diff to consider the changes. --upas-mllywnfkmhvdqhvxuvnskgskpi Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-3.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 1ATZEf-0003RG-4D; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 04:12:33 +0000 Received: from [130.203.4.6] (helo=mail.cse.psu.edu) by punt-3.mail.demon.net with esmtp id 1ATZEf-0003RG-4D for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 04:12:33 +0000 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 795A219C9F; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:12:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.18.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 0E86A199FB; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:12:10 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 7FDBC19C8E; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:11:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from galapagos.bx.psu.edu (galapagos.bx.psu.edu [128.118.201.21]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with SMTP id 0DD12199FB for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:10:59 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 7428 invoked by uid 991); 9 Dec 2003 04:10:58 -0000 Message-ID: <20031209041058.7427.qmail@g.galapagos.bx.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Installed Plan 9, now what? In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Geoff Collyer message dated "Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:02:56 -0800." From: Scott Schwartz Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 23:10:58 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) | With the | availability of dumps (or RCS on Lunix), there's little reason to be | afraid of editing files. The need to put things back isn't the problem; it's the need to notice that something got stomped and the study required to integrate local edits with the new reality. --upas-mllywnfkmhvdqhvxuvnskgskpi--