I'm just requesting a common bit of content on web page; it wasn't really anything to do with HN.
In this particular case my immediate thought was what is its relationship to plan9port and a date would have helped.
All web pages for projects, codes, blogs, should have a bunch of fairly standard things such as dates, news, about, source url, and a bunch of other stuff.
plan9 (and Go) people seem to have a bit of disdain for dates and version numbers which I actually find admirable in a way. Heroic and futile but admirable :)
It's readers' responsibility not to blindly upvote items like this because of the title.