... reality check shows that it has been from a meritocracy to mediocrity? I hope the end users gain the most. What is the purpose of writing an operating system if you don't expect average folks to use it or develop for it? Vester Thacker Amatuers do it for love. :) [1] http://www.rangboom.com !!! :) P.S. - This is my last posting with my real name. I'll use an alias from now on.

...asking reasonable questions and hoping for reasonable answers in well organized threads. Perhaps this is not the correct forum for asking questions concerning the Plan 9 community topics. I am certain most folks here would much rather spend their time discussing technical issues than addressing community concerns. Should we move the community concerns to another mailing list? --Vester

... it is, but i haven't been submitting any patches recently. On 5/11/07, Vester Thacker <vester.thacker@gmail.com> wrote: Would it be beneficial to have public accessible revision control .... :) If all is well, I`d like to know that too. Regards, Vester -- Christopher Nielsen "They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor ...

...` thoughts about access, revision control, and moving forward as a community. Are people having a problem with the present model? If so, then what are your suggestions for improvements? Uriel, this isn`t intended as an opportunity for you or anyone else to rant. I want to know what everyone else thinks for a change. :) If all is well, I`d like to know that too. Regards, Vester

... driver (no, not the one from the CMU guys, who apparently seems are duplicating existing work.) uriel On 5/11/07, Vester Thacker <vester.thacker@gmail.com> wrote: On 5/11/07, Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com> wrote: Or is ...work. A number of people don`t post their work on sources. If so, then what can be done to improve the each situation? Any takers? Regards, Vester

... I can do even without that as long as people puts the damned code somewhere where others can find it. Let me see if I got the problems right. Many people do not announce their work. A number of people don`t post their work on sources. If so, then what can be done to improve the each situation? Any takers? Regards, Vester P.S. - Sorry about the Subject line in my previous post.

... posted a short comment about their work to 9fans, but I can do even without that as long as people puts the damned code somewhere where others can find it. Let me see if I got the problems right. Many people do not announce their work. A number of people don`t post their work on sources. If so, then what can be done to improve the each situation? Any takers? Regards, Vester

On 5/11/07, Vester Thacker <vester.thacker@gmail.com> wrote: On 5/11/07, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote: Any one involved with writing a broadcom driver care to kickoff a discussion? jmk sent me his work-in-progress driver code. I started work on it on my Dell Latitude D610, but cardbus driver issues got in the way. By the time I got close to resolving ...

...chipset does it have? I am gonna work on 4401, 4311 and several other "broadcoms" I have... On 5/10/07, Vester Thacker <vester.thacker@gmail.com> wrote: On 5/11/07, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote: Any one .... By the time I got close to resolving that, the laptop got replaced. Thanks Lyndon. Is anyone else working on the driver? Regards, Vester

...@orthanc.ca> wrote: Any one involved with writing a broadcom driver care to kickoff a discussion? jmk sent me his work-in-progress driver code. I started work on it on my Dell Latitude D610, but cardbus driver issues got in the way. By the time I got close to resolving that, the laptop got replaced. Thanks Lyndon. Is anyone else working on the driver? Regards, Vester