From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69AAE1381FA for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 14:23:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 767DAE09FC; Thu, 15 May 2014 14:23:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com (mail-we0-f174.google.com [74.125.82.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC5D2E09E2 for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 14:23:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id k48so1129390wev.5 for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=b+GCrH9SET5tpCttXKi0MvbNikjBSFVgG3D4rPatex8=; b=OkGD3N2/CR/cXklGb3xLu8Nb0Zbh9VQAV+sW0lmxP+jq6R+ADL2QQ6SVn+ldVJDK9g L1tEg7QxMhLwliPe+NSM592F/Apujb1uPosfBghH4YVXOjQscehfuKxGbf71UtDvYmEB CEzXSg2PpgdqT2JSBNYTt03aW+2ynvpyg8S02opwT2bZU5c5eAgS10zH7qMvklZjfUL+ xrMn4y7CHB4Zej/7Sm9N48zHtxH71nAtlCRhr91EEOM+iREkjy/zmRpW5UxLEwDtQkal C7039chHrJd5kAGZKxMhTgkckI1YzyxjGUXBItJKfx2S+e91wnXBoB4b3437ATFH9Dgf BzNQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkr5jypUM1yX/Aq8hMSq0FGZlCKgL243dvzpSe8FMA+1q15A8wTc9moqBeqq/lvMP8w2C9R Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.91.1 with SMTP id ca1mr8991518wib.32.1400163836215; Thu, 15 May 2014 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Sender: matthew.summers@liquidustech.com Received: by 10.194.42.162 with HTTP; Thu, 15 May 2014 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.42.162 with HTTP; Thu, 15 May 2014 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140515150710.785cf00f@shanghai.paradoxon.rec> References: <536D2231.6030808@gentoo.org> <536E1FA7.5050704@gentoo.org> <2731252.LOkG5ql5OK@localhost> <536FE7C4.2090403@gentoo.org> <537481BE.1070609@gentoo.org> <5374A32B.9000805@gentoo.org> <20140515150710.785cf00f@shanghai.paradoxon.rec> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 09:23:56 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: vmRNALfMELoG-FBRAH_z2DNMdQQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] OT - Tinderbox question From: Matthew Summers To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Cc: "Robin H. Johnson" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d043d67df17523d04f9710c7b X-Archives-Salt: 4aa69e44-00a9-469e-9365-faa71727dc40 X-Archives-Hash: ae58b633351cfba0df6a5f9a391dfff4 --f46d043d67df17523d04f9710c7b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On May 15, 2014 8:07 AM, "Lars Wendler" 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 --f46d043d67df17523d04f9710c7b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


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

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