yes, it was a lack of *any* notice; i occasionally check /n/sources/patch for incoming patches and i don't believe the NSEC patch went through that channel. in the past, changes that had a system-wide or kernel effect were announce, and instructions for upgrading were given. certainly, it's not required; but it is appreciated.
i believe any successful Plan 9 distro will need to provide some transparency in the change review process. the sources patch process can work, but with codereview extensions now available, it might make sense to create/switch to a repository hosted on an hg site so that all the change requests, discussions and reviews are available to everyone; perhaps this is what Charles had in mind for http://code.google.com/p/plan9, but i'm not sure. -Skip On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Jeff Sickel <j...@corpus-callosum.com>wrote: > > On May 20, 2014, at 11:41 AM, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is not a human communication problem. It's a technology problem, > > trivially solved for many years now by many systems. > > This event was a communication problem. > > The technology, replica, works as advertised. In general it does > a very good job at maintaining server->client updates and allows > you to work around differences in a way some may prefer over other > options that are out there. > > The technology, Plan 9 (and forks), have rather clean mechanisms > already in place to go through the classic development operation > cycle of > > think — edit — make — test ... > > The feedback loop, like all, requires communication protocols > to complete the iteration and move the cycle to the next step. > > How many of those chromebooks have customized kernels to support > drivers undergoing new development? And of those that do run custom > kernels, are they getting automatic updates w/o a bill of materials > or other list defining what will be updated? And are the developers > working on those custom versions working in a vacuum or do they have > communication protocols in place to facilitate their working environment? > > For all practical purposes, 9fans is the last remaining forum for people > interested in using Plan 9 related systems. Please advise if you have > recommendations for other communications outlets that allow people to > develop, test, and maybe improve on ideas brought about by this system > many of us find enough interest in to actually use. > > -jas > > >
