Re: [9fans] Re: configure misery

[David Presotto <presotto@closedmind.org>]

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well said.

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From: Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: configure misery
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:43:03 +0200
Message-ID: <200311171343.hAHDh3Eb001606@skeeve.com>

In article <20031117145310.D16487@cackle.proxima.alt.za> you write:
>On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:42:14PM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote:
>> >
>> They may have done what NetBSD did, which is to use a directory
>> hierarchy for the distribution packages which is unique to them
>> (/usr/pkg).  You probably know this.
>>
>> [ ... ]
>
>Oops, I meant that to go to Aharon only, but forgot that Mutt has its
>own mind.

The list also sets the reply-to.  I didn't know about *BSD's /usr/pkg.
But again, they made their own work.

I work under Linux, and find it stable, reliable, fast and useful. Much
better than any proprietary Unix.  My Linux systems don't crash, and they
don't lose files. Is fossil/venti there yet?  It's hard to judge based
on the list traffic.  Granted, they're both quite young, but I need my
systems to make my living.

Maybe my using Linux makes me personna non grata here, if so too bad.
I'm also a GNU volunteer that doesn't touch Emacs, so there, nyah, nyah,
nyah.

If Geoff can tweak config.sub so that it recognizes plan 9, then please
do so and mail it in; it'll get added.

The Autoconf people are aware of autoconf's flaws; the shared database
thing is, I believe, on their list.  There is already configure.cache
so that reconfiguring the same package is sped up.

Again, if it matters to you, talk to them, don't just sit off in
the 9fans corner sulking.

Really people, I think Plan 9 is great, I wish I had the time to
invest in working with it, and I'd love to see it take over the world.
But it's not true that the only source of decent software is 1127,
and it's also not true that there's nothing you can do about GNUware
that you don't like. (Yes, boyd, er, Susan, heresy. Oh well.)

Arnold