On 12 May 2011 08:55, Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@suse.com> wrote:
Le mercredi 11 mai 2011 à 16:22 -0600, Alan Clark a écrit :
Looks like we have 3 very good proposals on the table: 1) purchasing SSDs for OBS 2) a Packman server. 3) use the money to sponsor our mentors to come to the openSUSE conference...
If I'm not mistaken, OBS team suggested memory might be better to improve OBS performance than SSD.
1) As mentioned by Frederic, Memory is more likely a better fit for OBS, but getting any additional hardware would be great providing it can be put to use. 2) Now Packman may not have a great deal of love with some people in the project, but as a user of their packages I would love to see some acknowledgement and love from the openSUSE for their tireless love and affection. I do see however a potential issue here, from a legal perspective. IANAL so I could be very mistaken in my thinking, but the way software law is, especially in the US, doing any corporate sponsorship for them may potentially open openSUSE/SUSE (and their new corporate governors) to legal implications. Something that no-one wants. If we can't officially sponsor Packman from these funds, what about having a collection box at the conference? This way SUSE has no involvement with providing them funds, and the community has a real chance to help out (putting our money where our keyboard clicks are). 3) As a co-mentor for GSOC this year, personally I would rather see the money go to use for the wider community. Most, not all, of the mentors this year are employees so hopefully their respective team managers can "sponsor" them to the conference. Sure seeing those community members that are mentors get sponsorship would be great, but hopefully they could be accounted for in the conference sponsorship budget with some priority. Regards, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa IRC: FunkyPenguin GPG: 0x3A36312F openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org