On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 08:51:05AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > I sent something like this to mako@debian.org, since he's supposed to > > be our donations coordinator (at least, that's what I read at > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/debian-devel-announce-200207/msg00001.html), > > but haven't heard from him in a week. Not that I think he's ignoring me, > > but this could be discussed here too. > > > > At http://www.freebsd.org/donations/wantlist.html, the FreeBSD > > developers have a list of computer-related stuff they could use to > > improve their work on the FreeBSD operating system. I think this is a > > In general, I guess, this is a good idea. However, I see that the > FreeBSD list is a bit cluttered with "private" requests that don't > seem to ensure me that the project will generally benefit from it as > well. In case the above is not understandable, I believe, that > requests like 2x256DIMMs for home machines are not the proper type of > requests. That is correct; however, I'm sure potential donators are smart enough to see that too, and not donate such things. Which is the beaty of such a list. [...] > I could imagine that some people who spend time on improving the > debian-installer could use some non-ia32 machines as well, but I don't > really know. Heh. <plug> I could use some non-mac m68k boxes to do exactly that :-) </plug> -- Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org "An expert can usually spot the difference between a fake charge and a full one, but there are plenty of dead experts." -- National Geographic Channel, in a documentary about large African beasts.
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