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Date:      Mon, 13 May 2002 20:45:51 +0100
From:      void <float@firedrake.org>
To:        David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.berkeley.edu>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@geekpunk.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Difference between RELENG_* and RELENG_*_BP
Message-ID:  <20020513194551.GA22374@parhelion.firedrake.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020511012333.A43578@HAL9000.wox.org>
References:  <20020504001121.GA3310@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <20020503233143.S16006-100000@leto.homeportal.2wire.net> <20020511004814.A43416@HAL9000.wox.org> <3CDCCFD8.E9D3AD23@mindspring.com> <20020511012333.A43578@HAL9000.wox.org>

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On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 01:23:33AM -0700, David Schultz wrote:
> 
> I think you're on to something here.  Just imagine:
> 
>   A: ``I'll give you $200 to add $foo to the base system.''
>   B: ``No, *I* bid $300 to get someone to work on $bar.''
>   ...

This has been mooted before, and I think people have even made efforts
to implement, but it's never taken off in a big way.  I have seen
several people offer USD100 to the first person to fix a particular bug.
The claimer of the bounty usually asks that it be contributed to the
FreeBSD Foundation, which is nice.

-- 
 Ben

"An art scene of delight
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