Sorry for this extremely basic question but I'm a bit confused about
the various plan9 distributions.
As I understand it, 9front is a fork of the original plan 9 from Bell
Labs and 9atom consists of enhancements to plan9.
All three seem to be under development, but: Are changes being pulled
from
Quoting Peter Hull peterhul...@gmail.com:
Sorry for this extremely basic question but I'm a bit confused about
the various plan9 distributions.
As I understand it, 9front is a fork of the original plan 9 from Bell
Labs and 9atom consists of enhancements to plan9.
All three seem to be under
This is all my read on the situation only. I use 9atom and track
the mainline closely, but only casually track 9front.
The mainline Plan 9 distribution from Bell Labs is managed very
conservatively, from an external point of view. Both 9atom and,
later, 9front were started because that didn't
9atom is, procedurally, very similar to mainline: you submit
changes via patches, sources and everything else is available
via 9p, and so on. It also puts similar weight on compatibility
and similar concerns. 9front is a more radical departure for
contributions will be welcomed to the
