perhaps we need a 9fans-lists to discuss lists, tho 9fans seems to cope well. or give everyone there own list. oh, that's called filtering.
brucee On 8/11/07, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/10/07, Paul Lalonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I'm one of the "guilty" parties regarding plan9-tech. GSOC requires > > public communications, but I'm entirely unhappy passing "did you > > check bit 11 of the VPN register" level of crap to 9fans - it's > > clearly not where it belongs (I believe it belongs in private email, > > but that's another matter). Plan9-tech was a (possibly ill-named) > > place to drop those messages. > > So it wasn't created for the reasons Uriel cited. I'm not terribly > surprised that the spin on it was not 100% truthful. > > I have absolutely no objections to people ever breaking into smaller > subgroups to work on stuff people think is only tangentially interesting to > the rest of a group. > > v9fs is a successful subgroup of folks. I just learned of the google code > project hosting for Inferno on the DS... I wouldn't think to cram all of > that discussion on 9fans. > > > Seems that it's not inappropriate to sort of poke one's head in here from > time to time and say "hey look what we're working on and tell us if you > think it's crap" once in a while though :-). We are all, after all, 9fans > :-) > > Frankly, my post-mortem on gsoc won't be very nice. I should never > > have accepted to work with a student 9 timezones away, even if the > > project is really interesting. And I certainly could have poured > > arbitrary amounts of time into it, but I'm really unsure where the > > line is between the student's project and my own (essentially > > recreational) coding. > > I'm sorry to hear it's not well structured. > > Paul > > > > On 10-Aug-07, at 12:28 PM, Uriel wrote: > > > > > The plan9-tech list was created (not by me) after various gsoc > > > students *and* mentors plain refused to use 9fans, and really, who can > > > blame them when even jmk refuses to use 9fans anymore. > > > > > > Anyway, keep jumping to assumptions, bashing people who tries to help, > > > and doing what you have doing so far, it seems to have worked really > > > well. > > > > > > uriel > > > > > > P.S.: Oh, I know, you would rather have everyone use private email, > > > that has worked so wonderfully so far. > > > > > > On 8/10/07, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On 8/10/07, Steve Simon < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> good one uriel, good one. > > >> > > >> so, set me straight on this: somone is leading the tribe of True > > >> 3lite > > >> Hackers across the desert, gonna part the waters etc., take 'em to > > >> the > > >> promised land, and so on. > > >> > > >> So, uh, who are these tech contributors who are going? I can only > > >> gaze > > >> in awe. And, once they get there, I assume they'll take a blanket off > > >> the blanket tree and take a nap (ref. to CM Kornbluth is entirely > > >> intentional; I'll let you find story and title). > > >> > > >> ron > > >> p.s. met the coraid guys at linux world yesterday. Very, very fine > > >> stuff. I love the fact that they are 'the linux storage company'. > > >> > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) > > > > > iD8DBQFGvOOlpJeHo/Fbu1wRAhwVAKCHRJquefKgAFfSnZugJgWuLWbRzgCf > fgBy > > y4b5mvW20Q7QpgdsoQqfIN4= > > =mYF7 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >
