From owner-freebsd-net Fri Nov 30 10: 0:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5650537B41A for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:00:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1098) id D0E0F81D04; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:00:08 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:00:08 -0600 From: Bill Fumerola To: Alex Rousskov Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: funding TCP stack rewrite Message-ID: <20011130120008.G32521@elvis.mu.org> References: <20011130103652.Z75389@prism.flugsvamp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rousskov@measurement-factory.com on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:27:04AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-FEARSOME-20011125 i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:27:04AM -0700, Alex Rousskov wrote: > What kind of sum of money are we talking about here? Can you estimate > what hacker/month effort is required? Would it make sense to setup a > [paypal] fund of some kind, hosted on freebsd.org to raise the > required sum? That way small companies and even individuals can > contribute even if the total is more than they can afford... > > Is there a guru with enough unallocated time to concentrate on the > rewrite? > > Will the dedicated work of the said guru get a high priority as far as > review and commit steps are concerned? A public semi-formal commitment > or encouragement from FreeBSD core group may be in order to raise > support from the community. Otherwise, folks may worry that these big > changes, once implemented, will get stuck in the commit queue forever. the freebsd foundation is supposed to be an a not-for-profit organization that (amongst other things) delegates donated money to developers for this kind of work. at their current speed, they will be ready to provide such a service in the year 2018. core has nothing to do with preventing or allowing completed work to enter the tree. the quality of the code does. presumably, the people that the foundation (or NAI or whoever) contracts to do FreeBSD work are of high calibur and that isn't a problem. -- - bill fumerola / fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org / billf@mu.org - my anger management counselor can beat up your self-affirmation therapist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message