> so, someone (cinap) does care about the incompatabilities and has addressed > them. > i think what you're saying is nobody has gotten this in to the distribution. > fair point. why don't you submit a patch?
I ought to, I'm not sure how soon I'll get to it (I'm just a normal Joe, I also fix problems once and hope they don't come back, instead of fixing them at source). I do get your drift and I specifically decline to get drawn into criticising Bell Labs for being slow in accepting patches as an excuse for _my_ inertia, even though I think such criticism is warranted, but not constructive (that also contributed to JMK dropping off 9fans). I also don't yet have a working version of 9front and (feeble excuse) not enough Internet credits to sustain efforts to stay with 9front and 9atom (although I'm sure I could make the additional effort at least once). Feeble, indeed, but let's look beyond that at what would be possible and maybe we can find a way to make it inevitable. ++L
