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On May 15, 2014 8:07 AM, "Lars Wendler" <polynomial-c@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 15 May 2014 11:21:15 +0000 hasufell wrote: |
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> >Sergey Popov: |
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> >> And yes, we need tinderbox. But, c'mon. stop talking loudly on ML and |
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> >> get things done if you can. |
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> >> |
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> > |
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> >This is like working on patches while upstream already said "not |
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> >interested". |
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> >Since QA doesn't think it's their job to run a tinderbox, I will work |
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> >with those people who actually care about it, instead of QA. |
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> > |
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> Since I occasionally need a tinderbox for a couple of packages[1], I |
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> already thought about building one myself. I have plenty of hardware I |
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> could use for that but I cannot afford the power expenses these |
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> machines generate while being powered on. |
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> My idea is to ask a local server hosting company near my work place to |
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> sponsor some units of rack space and the required IPs to run and access |
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> the hardware. |
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> I haven't spoken to them yet but I doubt they would do this without |
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> getting something back. |
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> So anybody knows how good chances would be getting their company logo |
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> added to the sponsors already being listed on http://www.gentoo.org when |
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> they offer some sponsorship? |
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If they commit to sponsorship they would definitely have a sidebar entry |
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available to them. Talk with robbat2 about any requirements, please. |
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> [1] sys-libs/db:5.3 for example which is masked like forever and can |
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> only be umasked after a thorough tinderbox run |
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> Cheers |
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> -- |
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> Lars Wendler |
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> Gentoo package maintainer |
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> GPG: 4DD8 C47C CDFA 5295 E1A6 3FC8 F696 74AB 981C A6FC |
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Thanks, |
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Matt |
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