From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 24 01:19:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70301106568D for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:19:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (lefty.soaustin.net [66.135.55.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E408FC08 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:19:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 09DB98C07E; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:19:12 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:19:12 -0600 From: Mark Linimon To: Adam Vande More Message-ID: <20100124011911.GA22882@lonesome.com> References: <20100123004003.GA97111@icarus.home.lan> <6201873e1001221720m294c3f09tcf6ba88a94fdbfba@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6201873e1001221720m294c3f09tcf6ba88a94fdbfba@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: posting coding bounties, appropriate money amounts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:19:12 -0000 On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:20:18PM -0600, Adam Vande More wrote: > > I'd be willing to put up a thousand USD or possibly more depending on > > what sort of work was being considered. I suppose a better choice would > > be for someone here to make a list of issues which the community feels > > need attention, and put the pooled donations to whatever things had > > highest priority -- or, if that isn't plausible, then to what interested > > developers wanted to work on. > > To the best of my understanding, that is basically what donating to the > FreeBSD Foundation accomplishes, although it would be nice so see some more > transparency in their decision making process. As stated earlier in this thread, for tax reasons the Foundation can't be in a position to "pass through" specific funds targeted to specific projects. IMHO there's plenty of room for experimenting with different ways to get projects funded, especially for "small specific task xyz needed". I can't really one of the people to try to set up such things, since I want to be one of the people taking advantage of it. A good first task would be for someone (TM) to put up a web page for "tasks that the community would be willing to fund", with a sign-up sheet for volunteer donors, to gauge general interest in # of people who would be willing to contribute to particular tasks. mcl