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FreeBSD Developers' Want List

Posted by timothy on from the matching-process dept.

mbadolato writes "FreeBSD.org has set up a donations page with a list of items that need, in order to further development efforts. Mind you, this is a normal needs list in terms of equipment, and not a want list such as the crew in Sneakers provided to the government... ;-) From the page: 'This page lists various developer hardware needs. If you are interested in supporting the FreeBSD Project, you might consider donating some piece of hardware on this list to the Project. We provide the FreeBSD username of the developer who needs a resource, the country they are in (for shipping purposes), the equipment they desire, and the use to which that equipment will be put. For information on tax deductions and process, please see the information on the main FreeBSD Donation Liason office page. If you would like to donate something on this list, please contact donations@FreeBSD.org.' And the list follows. Please visit the page, look at the list, and if you have any of the needed items that you can spare, please donate it to help the development effor along!"

22 comments

  1. feed the trolls..... by jeffy124 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    this is one way to feed the BSD is dying trolls....

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    The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
    1. Re:feed the trolls..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Unfortunately, the trolls use /dev/null as their stomaches... they will still be hungry even after eating several million petabytes of troll-bait. What comes back up is worse than a kernel panic or a BSOD though... I don't think any exception handling system has survived even an ounce of regurgitated troll-bait.

  2. This is news? by zaft · · Score: 1

    What makes this particularly newsworthy? NetBSD has had such a list for ages (http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/hardware.html)

    1. Re:This is news? by MavEtJu · · Score: 2

      You're right, it wouldn't be newsworthy if it was the /NetBSD/ project who had setup such a list. But then, if you would have read the article, you would have known it is the /FreeBSD/ project who has setup the list.

      The NetBSD project != the FreeBSD project, and the attitude you showed doesn't do good to any of them.

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    2. Re:This is news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Are you retarded or what? FreeBSD blows. It has become the RedHat of the BSDs. All it does is play catchup with NetBSD. rcng? RAIDframe? That's what I thought.

    3. Re:This is news? by MobyTurbo · · Score: 2
      What makes this particularly newsworthy? NetBSD has had such a list for ages
      What makes this newsworthy is that FreeBSD development is venturing into the multiplatform realm tread previously only by NetBSD and to a lesser extent OpenBSD. Hence they are asking for more equipment to make ports of FreeBSD to - after being only on the Intel and Alpha platforms for years. This is quite newsworthy.
  3. Wait one second... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Did you see that entry from the Iraqi Developer:

    Country:
    IRAQ

    Equipment:
    28 onces weapons grade plutionium and concave blast detonators, plus some American blue geans (preferably Levi)

    Use:
    porting to the xbox.

    1. Re:Wait one second... by Strog · · Score: 1

      That could be legit. If nuking Redmond gets the xbox ported then maybe that's what needs done. MS can't change specs, go after mod chips, etc. if headquarters is a glowing lump of glass.

  4. Isn't it traditional... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...to solicit donations to charities in lieu of flowers at funerals?

  5. If you can't donate hardware, donate time by MobyTurbo · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you can't donate hardware, donate your computer skills. The Junior Kernel hacker TODO list gives some examples of much-needed projects.

    1. Re:If you can't donate hardware, donate time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Loonix is the one dying, see by yourself http://www.gruetech.biz/projects/articles/embracin g_pt01.php

    2. Re:If you can't donate hardware, donate time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Is there any similar list for linux too...

  6. Re:While you are at it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Worse yet, GPLed code can use BSD code too.

  7. Re:While you are at it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    But they steal it instead of obtaining it legally & morally.

  8. Poul's list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have a problem with Poul dictating tasks when he's not even a core team member.

    The setattr system call is a stupid idea. It can all be done by not closing the fd, and using fchmod, fchflags, fchown, and so on. Avoids the lookups he wants to avoid without making FreeBSD incompatable with other UNIX.

    1. Re:Poul's list by jmallett · · Score: 1

      Make me a sammich.

      I'm dictating tasks too, deal with it and shut the fuck up.

      Thanks,
      juli.