Re: [9fans] Closed nix development is an insult

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> Interestingly, the nix source published in 9atom contains newer
> files, May 20th to be exact. It's not just new drivers ported from
> 9atom, the newest non-driver, k10-specific file is stamped May 16th.
> I don't know if the timestamps are simply wrong or some priviledged
> people do get access to the source.
>
> Considering how little interest is in Plan 9 these days, locking
> Plan 9 under closed doors is a disgrace to this community.

it might be that the 9atom cd is a little out of date.  if you do
a pull you or simply go to /n/atom/plan9/sys/src/nix you will
see newer files.

port/devws.c and port/taslock.c were modified
today.  though the modification was fairly trivial, they set the
stage for improved locking.  (initial tests failed to show
improvement, however, perhaps *because* the locking was better.)

a few days ago, acpi boot was made the default.  thanks to cinap
and nemo for the aml interperter.

the 9atom nix kernel is, modulo time skew, the same as the one
running 9atom machines, my machines, etc.

all the changes are in /n/atom/patch.  anyone can submit patches.
you can subscribe to the change list (echo subscribe | mail \
sources-owner@9atom.org).  so, to turn the question around a bit,
why haven't there been many submissions?

tl;dr: as far as i know, there is no private nix development going on,
although there might be some unfinished projects, or research.

- erik