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On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 7:32 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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<wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 10:26:10 -0400 |
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> "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 18:03:21 +0800 (HKT) |
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>> Brendan Horan <brendan@×××××.hk> wrote: |
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>> > Just an update for everyone : |
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>> > R0b0t1, has the Power 6+ |
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>> > Johnson, has the Sparc T5120 |
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>> > Still working out shipping/logistics |
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>> If someone has access to say a company UPS or FedEx account. They may |
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>> have discounted rates based on volume. Maybe something to consider or |
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>> look into. Also may help with customs to ship to a work/business |
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>> address and/or coming from one business to another vs individuals. |
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> Another thought.... |
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> Why not have Gentoo Foundation cover shipping costs? |
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Can't speak for the Trustees, but the process for this is at: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Funding_Request |
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(I wouldn't overthink it - just spell out what you want/need. I bet |
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you could make it shorter than some of the emails in this thread.) |
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In general I would just comment that if anything we get too few |
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requests for spending money and not too many. I don't think the |
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Foundation would be able to just go buying PCs for every dev on |
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request, but for one-offs like these they might chip in. |
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One thing that should be considered in these sorts of requests is who |
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owns the hardware and where it will be kept and what kind of access |
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other devs on the relevant teams would have. I think there ought to |
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be a difference between how we treat hardware that is owned by the |
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Foundation and always available to devs, vs something that somebody |
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intends to use for Gentoo work right now, but where ownership resides |
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with the individual and there is no obligation to give the hardware to |
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somebody else if they stop contributing. To the extent that the costs |
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are more nominal the Foundation should probably exercise more leeway. |
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That's all just my opinion though. If you want the Trustees to |
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consider it then just fill out the "form" and post it in a bug |
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assigned to them using the Foundation "product" in bugzilla. It never |
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hurts to ask... |
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Rich |