On May 15, 2014 8:07 AM, "Lars Wendler" <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 15 May 2014 11:21:15 +0000 hasufell wrote:
>
> >Sergey Popov:
> >> And yes, we need tinderbox. But, c'mon. stop talking loudly on ML and
> >> get things done if you can.
> >>
> >
> >This is like working on patches while upstream already said "not
> >interested".
> >
> >Since QA doesn't think it's their job to run a tinderbox, I will work
> >with those people who actually care about it, instead of QA.
> >
>
> Since I occasionally need a tinderbox for a couple of packages[1], I
> already thought about building one myself. I have plenty of hardware I
> could use for that but I cannot afford the power expenses these
> machines generate while being powered on.
> My idea is to ask a local server hosting company near my work place to
> sponsor some units of rack space and the required IPs to run and access
> the hardware.
> I haven't spoken to them yet but I doubt they would do this without
> getting something back.
> So anybody knows how good chances would be getting their company logo
> added to the sponsors already being listed on http://www.gentoo.org when
> they offer some sponsorship?
>

If they commit to sponsorship they would definitely have a sidebar entry
available to them. Talk with robbat2 about any requirements, please.

> [1] sys-libs/db:5.3 for example which is masked like forever and can
> only be umasked after a thorough tinderbox run
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Lars Wendler
> Gentoo package maintainer
> GPG: 4DD8 C47C CDFA 5295 E1A6 3FC8 F696 74AB 981C A6FC

Thanks,
Matt