From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 22 17:49:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CEE21065672; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:49:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.naumov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B6F08FC1A; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so1160300yxe.3 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:49:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=cXshbdZTZMZ0nUSzAPUqMBBcK+gyfjE/cbi9yTrIrvk=; b=TYrmIrOFwdPVT9u8T8/jBea2hEg9hqKUR2K7R7q2eq65xYDW3nbtGNRe7MLAEU3PZj bWN9XheqMYZBfkL/Muy1kG0OvEDXnEbmp2OsDtzi2qqO49PZ3XMlPd3DfdJzxwFsS5nk tCyydDaE4M1wQKqJ3VmKI2gjXuSpqlFBuQ2Xo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=ceOOY4Ulxh4R8JA6go5BJQUwcYq1M/b+HKNirXrb++i+X0wXqZHwJj4qChDODzMb4X YoQH71tUT0TcND1JcnFdWQSzCe+Ho6/CPlEwjfYn4L9cJVPby8gHmXMQXucGxX3dEd0g OkiaW44R+6ypzpClynnyTVF81Y1ii/sSNpdCQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.12.6 with SMTP id p6mr4215154ani.248.1264182586100; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:49:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:49:46 +0200 Message-ID: From: Dan Naumov To: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: posting coding bounties, appropriate money amounts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:49:49 -0000 Hello I am curious about posting some coding bounties, my current interest revolves around improving the ZVOL functionality in FreeBSD: fixing the known ZVOL SWAP reliability/stability problems as well as making ZVOLs work as a dumpon device (as is already the case in OpenSolaris) for crash dumps. I am a private individual and not some huge Fortune 100 and while I am not exactly rich, I am willing to put some of my personal money towards this. I am curious though, what would be the best way to approach this: directly approaching committer(s) with the know-how-and-why of the areas involved or through the FreeBSD Foundation? And how would one go about calculating the appropriate amount of money for such a thing? Thanks. - Sincerely, Dan Naumov