There are two adopt-a-developer policy changes. The max value limit for each
item has been raised from $100 to $250. Things are going well and we plan
on removing the limit entirely in the future. We're just waiting for an
accountant to get back to Christel about some questions we have relating to
taxes on personal gifts. We want the information so that we can inform
developers about possible taxes on high value items and where to find
more information.

The other change relates to the maximum number of open requests per
developer. During the user relations meeting we opted to limit the
number of open requests to 4 per developer. If the developer has 4
open requests and needs something more urgently he or she can always
ask us to remove an item to make room for a more urgently needed item.
This is a temporary policy. In a few weeks we will evaluate if we
want the policy to be permanent or if we want to try something
else.

Below are all of the community member offers and developer requests made
in the last 7 days. I missed sending this out last week, but I'm working on
automating these e-mails, so it shouldn't happen in the future. As always,
the full list of offers and requests can be found on our project page....
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/adopt-a-dev/index.xml

-Thomas

Community Member Offers
=======================

Offered Resource: GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool ; ISBN 1578701902 
Name: Kurt Hindenburg
Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA
Last Modified: 2006-09-02 14:46:44



New Developer Requests
======================

Resource: Any ethernet card that is known to work in Linux and Mac OS X
on a PowerMac G5.
Purpose: To do testing of Java and other packages on ppc, ppc64, and maybe
even ppc-macos.
Name: Joshua Nichols
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Last Modified: 2006-08-31 16:18:17

Resource: orinoco gold usb wireless device
Purpose: To help with the drivers.
Name: Steev Klimaszewski
Location: Tulsa, OK, USA
Last Modified: 2006-08-31 16:05:37

Resource: Battery for a Japanese Sharp Mebius PC-CB1-CD to replace a
dead battery (model number CE-BN12).
Purpose: So that Steev isn't stuck to a power outlet.
Name: Steev Klimaszewski
Location: Tulsa, OK, USA
Last Modified: 2006-08-31 16:08:12

Resource: A bluetooth USB dongle from this list
( http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/features.html )
Purpose: Replacement of a usb dongle, required to perform development
and tests on kdebluetooth and other bluetooth-related applications
running on Gentoo. Also required to keep an up-to-date bluetooth guide.
Name: Ioannis Aslanidis
Location: Tarragona, Spain
Last Modified: 2006-09-02 14:41:41

Resource: Intel Pentium 4 Northwood - 2.0A GHz Processor
( http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=535580/search=intel+pentium+4+2.0+ghz/ )
(2.0GHz, 512KB, 400 MHz, Socket 478 - MPN: BX80532PC2000D)
Purpose: general development work, improve productivity
Name: Chris White
Location: CA, USA
Last Modified: 2006-09-02 17:33:26

Resource: Any linux-supported DEC Alpha workstation with at least a
400MHz processor, >=128MB of memory, a supported PCI video card,
and a CD-ROM (bonus if it can read CD-RW without a problem).
Purpose: Support for the alpha architecture in the Gentoo Installer.
Name: Andrew Gaffney
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
Last Modified: 2006-09-04 15:29:05