From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GKYOR-00040H-FI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:43:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k85AgMGm025589; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:42:22 GMT Received: from aaar.vm.bytemark.co.uk (aaar.vm.bytemark.co.uk [80.68.92.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k85AeWvs013027 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:40:32 GMT Received: from qoo.home (bb-87-81-240-59.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.240.59]) (using SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aaar.vm.bytemark.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C84BE for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:40:30 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Paid support From: Alastair Tse To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <44F95E3E.9000708@gentoo.org> <44F96559.6010003@gentoo.org> <44F96881.90806@gentoo.org> <200609021426.03618.kugelfang@gentoo.org> <44F988FB.3070001@gentoo.org> <44F98D55.8020706@gentoo.org> <20060902233715.GT32359@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <44F9E46C.8080202@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:40:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1157452829.9994.24.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 36390e6a-b96d-4736-a206-baa06f529f20 X-Archives-Hash: 07ecd86cb3da4d8ed6c87240a2682edc On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 23:00 +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote: > On 9/2/06, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > It might be worth putting together a list of folks interested in doing > > this on the Gentoo website, under a Third-party Paid Support section. We > > already have a Support link on the top of www.g.o, it could be on that page. > > We'll also need to sort out a process for handling complaints against > developers from the folks they help. Doesn't matter how well we make > it clear that these folks are "independent"; their actions will > reflect on Gentoo as a whole, and unhappy customers _will_ complain to > us sooner or later. Rather than pretent it won't happen, better we're > pro-active and have something prepared. I think this is a great idea. If not for paid support, but just a list of names of developers who are willing to do some freelance consulting on setting up machines with Gentoo or to debug a problem, etc. I'm sure there are people who have ended up with a Gentoo machine, but can't hire a full time dev and would just like to pay someone to handle certain issues. I landed some freelancing where one of the reasons I was found was because I did work for Gentoo, and they have some gentoo servers that needed to be setup properly and securely. I'm putting my hand up to help set this up if it is more effort than putting up a single page on the web site :) Cheers, Alastair -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list