Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:16:55 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com> Cc: Michael Conlen <m@obmail.net>, questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: 6.1 and NFS Message-ID: <20061002121655.f1ae5954.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <cone.1159805265.552444.41259.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <C87B42D9-AF83-4DFC-9E13-53FCD874A444@obmail.net> <20060921182252.GA24321@xor.obsecurity.org> <FC0253C7-B04C-4609-96D0-BD8AACAB5646@obmail.net> <20060921184546.GA24778@xor.obsecurity.org> <cone.1159805265.552444.41259.1000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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In response to Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com>: > Kris Kennaway writes: > > > There are a number of PRs I filed, but those aren't all of the > > problems. It will require fairly major work to fix - the best hope > > would be if someone was funded to work on it. > > A couple of months back the place I work for had a number of issues with > NFS. We tried to find someone to work with us and we were offering to pay. > After weeks searching I was unable to find someone. A few weeks later We got > in touch with Mohan Srinivasan who graciously spent time during his vacation > to help us. > > Although I believe our problems were in a good deal related to our own > network quality the state of the NFS server seems to need some considerable > work. Also we found a couple of additional bugs with the client which made > things even worse. > > So.. if there is someone who is willing to work on NFS.. as a contract there > needs to be a way for companies willing to fund it to get in touch with such > person(s). Perhaps there could be a list/forum where people familiar with > internals such as NFS, can post their availability and willingness to do > contract work so companies willing to fund development in a particular area > can get in touch with the right people. Have you tried contacting the Foundation? http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ It's my understanding that they coordinate most of this money -> developers stuff ... -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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