> The dynamic nature of namespace works against such conventions. > Besides it would be nice to have a mechanism that could work in other > systems that use 9p. File servers should be able to convey whether a > file is cache-able or not.
i'm not sure i follow this argument. plan 9 namespaces are dynamic. one could put the network devices anywhere, but they are conventionally put on /net. there are no "regular" files in /net. perhaps if you gave a concrete example of why conventions can't sort this out it would make more sense to me. (i'm slow.) - erik
