Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:53:02 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Sponsoring ports Message-ID: <CAF6rxgkeH7142N0UJG1heijjKnB%2BwGJe8hzHS%2BsVQ3UkizReDQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E2DB601.9000600@stringsutils.com> References: <4E2CE885.1090206@stringsutils.com> <CADLo839--1wps773MP%2Bkbg8PKj-Rxm25eAoWgbvpzF3VoVR3HQ@mail.gmail.com> <4E2DA026.3020606@stringsutils.com> <CAF6rxgmY72FWYssKQyY54T9q5VMXSx_hoFZOV1cuANih0HE=Lw@mail.gmail.com> <4E2DB601.9000600@stringsutils.com>
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> Agree. > For contract/long term tasks sure.. jobs is the right place, but we should > have a place where people can "sponsor" short, specific, features in > FreeBSD. It may be more than just ports, it may also be functionally changes > to the OS. This often results in people offering very low sums of money for very large amounts of work. IMHO the comitters should set the price for the work and we should have a system to pool individual donations for such work. One such example is Doug Barton's portmaster work (see http://dougbarton.us/portmaster-proposal.html). -- Eitan Adler
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