I am gona put the face to those XXXX, lucio. I am not looking for fame, I am looking to get some hardware working. The system didn't have those drivers, so I googled, I asked and perhaps I asked the wrong place.
Ok...Starting several projects, even if they are already done, has tought very interesting and cool things :D But sometimes you can start to think about something else if you can stop worrying about your sata drive, your vga card and your network card. I don't like the sensation of starting something and then, some time after that, getting a message saying "well I did that last eon"... Probably I asked in the wrong places in the beginning. I've noticed that many members of this community do not use IRC. Everybody is free to do whatever suits with their code. I find sources/contrib a good thing, but I have also noticed that there are things missing there. Someone looks for a driver, the driver isn't there... Then looks in 9fans... Ask in irc.. Nobody answers... Until you are facing some problem and ask, a couple of weeks before... It is magic, someone had done that before... All I want... Is world peace, universal love and no child never ever left behind. Bah, It doesn't matter anymore... It is just that I don't feel useful if someone else tells me that has done my work a long time ago... It is like blowing in a pinholed baloon... It will never grow. I am sorry If my complaint offends someone. Cheers! On 5/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 12:05 < XXXX> I find quite frustrating to start a project that is > already done... Rather than pleased that something wanted is already available? Please spare me the whinging and rather admit, both of you here, that Plan 9 is not ripe for those who seek to stand on the shoulders of giants, not to see further, but to be noticed from a distance. > 12:05 < XXXX> To look for a driver that is already there... > 12:05 < XXXX> To have an idea that someone else is doing... Asking tends to solicit replies. Is it our fault that we aren't exactly interested in using IRC? > 12:06 * XXXX grrrrsss and rants... > 12:06 < uriel> talking about 9fans? > 12:06 < XXXX> Of course. > 12:11 < XXXX> [sources/contrib] is great, as long as people put their > work there... > 12:11 < XXXX> And an INDEX... No one has ever stopped anyone from setting up a CVS repository or anything else that might be more useful than sources. But the reality is that Uriel and colleagues are looking for a platform for fame and fortune. Sadly, Plan 9 is not "American Idol" and those who really do contribute are concentrating on their tasks instead of, as Uriel would like, on making Plan 9 leave up to popularistic expectations. My take: "thank fuck!" ++L
