From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 18:54:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECEA91065814 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:54:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4DCD8FC14 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:54:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so4256985vws.13 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:54:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=7s7bBXB/i+bLjFdaQ8hVvECUGph6edkl1P4hqQXbI/w=; b=kp/mHtROFW+SH05cLOjNDqil3Ref2u/LJLRui+MjGmDP8B+qDCDTs8dhi6W66ZYFs9 Y8/U7QJ9FKGKNlwmX4sGZlukVhHPBPkmIjm3uLDYE48OS15KouTZYPycZVwW36E0FHZw BdALkl2kpUJ5vJhZJr/8+PT00FUn5pu6L2yDw= Received: by 10.52.100.65 with SMTP id ew1mr4864250vdb.441.1311620012094; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:53:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.166.161 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:53:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E2DB601.9000600@stringsutils.com> References: <4E2CE885.1090206@stringsutils.com> <4E2DA026.3020606@stringsutils.com> <4E2DB601.9000600@stringsutils.com> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:53:02 -0400 Message-ID: To: Francisco Reyes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Chris Rees Subject: Re: Sponsoring ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:54:34 -0000 > 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