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There are two adopt-a-developer policy changes. The max value limit for each |
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item has been raised from $100 to $250. Things are going well and we plan |
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on removing the limit entirely in the future. We're just waiting for an |
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accountant to get back to Christel about some questions we have relating to |
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taxes on personal gifts. We want the information so that we can inform |
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developers about possible taxes on high value items and where to find |
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more information. |
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The other change relates to the maximum number of open requests per |
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developer. During the user relations meeting we opted to limit the |
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number of open requests to 4 per developer. If the developer has 4 |
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open requests and needs something more urgently he or she can always |
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ask us to remove an item to make room for a more urgently needed item. |
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This is a temporary policy. In a few weeks we will evaluate if we |
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want the policy to be permanent or if we want to try something |
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else. |
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Below are all of the community member offers and developer requests made |
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in the last 7 days. I missed sending this out last week, but I'm working on |
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automating these e-mails, so it shouldn't happen in the future. As always, |
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the full list of offers and requests can be found on our project page.... |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/adopt-a-dev/index.xml |
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-Thomas |
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Community Member Offers |
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Offered Resource: GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool ; ISBN 1578701902 |
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Name: Kurt Hindenburg |
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Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA |
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Last Modified: 2006-09-02 14:46:44 |
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New Developer Requests |
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Resource: Any ethernet card that is known to work in Linux and Mac OS X |
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on a PowerMac G5. |
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Purpose: To do testing of Java and other packages on ppc, ppc64, and maybe |
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even ppc-macos. |
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Name: Joshua Nichols |
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Location: Boston, MA, USA |
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Last Modified: 2006-08-31 16:18:17 |
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Resource: orinoco gold usb wireless device |
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Purpose: To help with the drivers. |
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Name: Steev Klimaszewski |
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Location: Tulsa, OK, USA |
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Last Modified: 2006-08-31 16:05:37 |
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Resource: Battery for a Japanese Sharp Mebius PC-CB1-CD to replace a |
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dead battery (model number CE-BN12). |
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Purpose: So that Steev isn't stuck to a power outlet. |
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Name: Steev Klimaszewski |
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Location: Tulsa, OK, USA |
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Last Modified: 2006-08-31 16:08:12 |
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Resource: A bluetooth USB dongle from this list |
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( http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/features.html ) |
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Purpose: Replacement of a usb dongle, required to perform development |
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and tests on kdebluetooth and other bluetooth-related applications |
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running on Gentoo. Also required to keep an up-to-date bluetooth guide. |
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Name: Ioannis Aslanidis |
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Location: Tarragona, Spain |
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Last Modified: 2006-09-02 14:41:41 |
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Resource: Intel Pentium 4 Northwood - 2.0A GHz Processor |
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( http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=535580/search=intel+pentium+4+2.0+ghz/ ) |
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(2.0GHz, 512KB, 400 MHz, Socket 478 - MPN: BX80532PC2000D) |
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Purpose: general development work, improve productivity |
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Name: Chris White |
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Location: CA, USA |
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Last Modified: 2006-09-02 17:33:26 |
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Resource: Any linux-supported DEC Alpha workstation with at least a |
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400MHz processor, >=128MB of memory, a supported PCI video card, |
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and a CD-ROM (bonus if it can read CD-RW without a problem). |
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Purpose: Support for the alpha architecture in the Gentoo Installer. |
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Name: Andrew Gaffney |
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Location: St. Louis, MO, USA |
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Last Modified: 2006-09-04 15:29:05 |
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