I think there's a pretty good chance I'd be in if this happens. On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:39:12 +0000 (UTC) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm Revan Edfrey. I've been working with Plan 9 concepts for several > years now, building various projects that explore the boundaries of > what's possible with 9p and the Plan 9 philosophy. > > I'd like to organize a Plan 9 devroom for FOSDEM 2026. The deadline > for proposals is October 12, and I haven't seen any discussion here > about it yet. Is anyone already working on a proposal? If not, I'm > happy to take the lead and would appreciate help from anyone interested > in making this happen. > > FOSDEM 2026 specifically mentioned wanting "some more weird and > wonderful Plan9 ecosystem devrooms" this year. Read that again: FOSDEM > wants Plan 9. Are we going to let that go unanswered? > > From what I can find, Plan 9 content at FOSDEM has been limited to > individual talks rather than a dedicated devroom. This is our chance to > change that and give our community proper space to showcase what we've > been building. > > I envision a devroom that covers the full spectrum of Plan 9 work > happening today: > > - Plan 9 distributions and forks (9front, 9legacy, Inferno) > - plan9port projects and extensions > - Distributed systems built on Plan 9 concepts > - File servers, auth systems, and namespace manipulation > - GPU support and hardware acceleration > - Novel approaches to Plan 9 package management > - Cross-pollination with other systems (Linux, BSDs) > - Hardware projects running Plan 9 > - 9p protocol implementations and novel applications > > The goal would be to bring together both core Plan 9 developers and > those applying Plan 9 ideas in new contexts, fostering collaboration > across the ecosystem. > > If there's interest, I could present on several projects I've been > working on: > > - A distributed self-healing cluster architecture that uses 9p as its > communication protocol > - A general-purpose database library and userspace tools using Plan 9's > ndb format with arbitrary-length strings > - A extension to mk for native subdirectory support with parallel > execution > - A namespace-based package management system for Plan 9 that leverages > bind and union directories > - Additional plan9port libraries (libvec for dynamic arrays, libstr for > string manipulation... again!) > - A C VM. It's not as stupid as it sounds, I swear! > - Exportfs between Unix systems (Linux and OpenBSD for now) with unix > domain sockets support. Aiming for X11 over 9p, for whatever reason > > I'm sure many of you have equally interesting projects that deserve a > wider audience. A dedicated devroom would give us all a platform to > share this work. > > To make this happen, I need to know: > > - Who would be interested in attending or presenting? > - What specific topics would you like to see covered? > - Who can help with organizing (reviewing proposals, scheduling, etc.)? > > If you have a project you'd like to present, please share a brief > description. Even if you're just interested in attending, let me know, > as demonstrating community interest will strengthen our proposal. > > The deadline for devroom proposals is October 12, so we need to move > quickly. If we get enough interest, I'll draft and submit the proposal > this week. > > Looking forward to hearing from you all. Let's show FOSDEM what the > Plan 9 community has been building! > > Best, > Revan -- Ori Bernstein <[email protected]> ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T2b3192276650361e-M462c97b27cda8308eb71bfc6 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
