Re: bounty for fixing ALSA's powermac driver
There is no such thing as suse ppc and there hasn't been for a few
versions. Things have to get tested after porting because things are
not always a simple matter of porting as the start of this thread
already suggests.
On Sat, 2005-05-02 at 13:08 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> >>Wouldn't it be a good idea to place a bounty to encourage Ubuntu PPC
> >>developers to get around fixing snd-powermac for all Mac PPC chips?
> >
> >
> > Sorry but I failed to parse your message.
> >
> > Are the Ubuntu people setting a bounty? Or you want us to set a bounty so that
> > Ubuntu people can fix the problem and get the money?
> >
> > In the second case, what the fsck do the Ubuntu people have to do with
> > anything? Can we target that bounty to whoever fixes the problem, and not just
> > them?
>
> Who cares who fixes it, jut get the patches into alsa and everyone is
> happy. We benefit from patches to the kernel from fedora, suse whatever.
> heck, alsa pretty much has suse to thank for what it is today.
>
> > On the other hand, I am sorry I have not put any money to BenH's pool, but I
> > am in the process of buying a house and I am rather broke. Anyway, I would put
> > a bounty, I would give it to BenH and then I would think about a second bounty
> > for the sound problems.
>
> On that note, ben has published his paypal account.
>
> Ill send an email to everyone who pledged for the minimac to get them
> to send their money. Id be happy to receive direct deposits from
> australians and then send it on through my paypal account (if people
> trust me).
>
> As for the g5 project, we have a handfull or pledges but not even
> close to enough to get an imac g5.
>
> Dean
>
>
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