Re: [9front] inquery: plans for phasing out cpu, rx and import

[stanley lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>]

cinap_lenrek@felloff.net wrote:

>> We still keep a lot of other dirty stuff, specifically so we can talk
>to other outmoded servers that are not even Plan 9. Maybe Plan 9
>systems are so rare it doesn't matter, but this policy seems quite
>randomly applied.
>
>correct, but theres a difference there. cpu and import are our native
>plan9 protocols. for foreign protocols you cannot do much, if they
>are bad and widely deployed. while cpu and import deployment is
>assumingly
>much smaller as we used it mostly ourselfs. so the responsibility of
>cleaning up the mess is on us i think... before anyone gets hurt.
>
>disabling the listener is a good first step, maybe many people will
>whine about it. but i doubt it. lets see.
>
>speaking of other outmoded servers, openssh deleted sshv1 protocol
>support.
>
>> sl
>
>--
>cinap

9front users don't need old cpu at all. The only reason I recommend keeping it is so we can continue talking to Plan 9. Those old Plan 9 systems don't have the option of using rcpu and friends instead of old cpu. It just seems weird to chop off those legacy systems completely, since the Plan 9 world does not consist solely of 9front.

I agree that the number of Plan 9 systems is decreasing and it probably doesn't really matter. In the end, anyone who really needs old cpu on 9front will be capable of grabbing it from /n/extra.

Pointing out that ssh1 is deprecated is not really a like comparison, because ssh servers now mostly offer ssh2. Old Plan 9 cannot offer rcpu.

sl