Re: bounty for fixing ALSA's powermac driver
I guess my point is that it does matter who fixes alsa for it to be
usable for ppc. I agree in part it should not matter, to a point. It
should definitely be a ppc distro if not debian/ubuntu.
On Sat, 2005-05-02 at 14:25 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> im talking about suse supporting alsa
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> Dean
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> Mauro wrote:
> > 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.
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> > On Sat, 2005-05-02 at 13:08 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
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> >>>>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?
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> >>>Sorry but I failed to parse your message.
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> >>>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?
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> >>>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?
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> >>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.
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> >>>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.
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> >>On that note, ben has published his paypal account.
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> >>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).
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> >>As for the g5 project, we have a handfull or pledges but not even
> >>close to enough to get an imac g5.
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> >>Dean
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