ref: 9c47b448a2ea8bb6e0bcfd2f5549a73f1da3289f
parent: 543077a2b799f2c16238a979ce452a51900036d9
author: sl <sl@stanleylieber.com>
date: Sun Jan 30 12:57:12 EST 2022
appendixl.ms, fqa0.ms, fqa1.ms, fqa2.ms, fqa8.ms: tell the truth about mercurial.
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-Python 2.5.1 is included with the 9front distribution, not because anyone loves Python, but because it was required by Mercurial (also loved by no one), which was required by Google Code (shutting down in 2015). An abject lesson in expediency.
+Python 2.5.1 used to be included with the 9front distribution, not because anyone lovee Python, but because it was required by Mercurial (also loved by no one), which was required by Google Code (shutting down in 2015). An abject lesson in expediency.
Jeff Sickel ported Python 2.7 to Plan 9.
.html - Download it <a href="https://bitbucket.org/jas/cpython">here</a>.<p>David du Colombier's notes on to install Python (and Mercurial) are available <a href="http://9legacy.org/9legacy/doc/python/notes">here</a>.
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-Any additions or changes (as recorded in Mercurial history) made by 9front are provided under the terms of the MIT License, reproduced in the file
+Any additions or changes (as recorded in git history) made by 9front are provided under the terms of the MIT License, reproduced in the file
.ihtml a <a href="http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/lib/legal/mit/f.html">
.CW /lib/legal/mit ,
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.ihtml a <a href="http://man.9front.org/1/git">
.CW git (1)
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• Keyboard events with
.CW /dev/kbd .
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.CW plumber
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\(em Mechanism for inter-process communication.
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-.ihtml a <a href="http://python.org">
-python 2.5.1
-.ihtml a
-\(em Interpreted programming language. (needed for mercurial)
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.ihtml a <a href="http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/rc">
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9front \(em general discussion
9front-commits \(em read-only log of commits to the
-.ihtml a <a href="http://code.9front.org/plan9front">
-9front mercurial repository
+.ihtml a <a href="http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/info.html">
+9front git repository
.ihtml a
9front-fqa \(em log of commits to, and discussion about
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-9front ships with
+9front used to ship with
.ihtml a <a href="https://www.mercurial-scm.org">
Mercurial.
+.ihtml a
+Before being replaced with
+.ihtml a <a href="http://man.9front.org/1/git">
+.CW
+git(1)
+.R
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+and redacted from the distribution, the source for both Python and Mercurial were archived here:
+.ihtml a <a href="http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/src/pyhg.tgz">
+.CW
+http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/src/pyhg.tgz
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