From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: Funding the build farm Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:55:56 +0100 Message-ID: <20151118205556.GA26673@thebird.nl> References: <20151011212714.GA9401@thebird.nl> <87d1wk8y7e.fsf@netris.org> <20151012060607.GA11012@thebird.nl> <871td0auiw.fsf@gnu.org> <20151013121140.GA18001@thebird.nl> <20151013125258.GA5574@debian> <87eggyomym.fsf@gnu.org> <20151118161507.GA25174@thebird.nl> <87mvubma8s.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <4e55df098af3485eb77fdbe66a687f09@exchsrv2.sgc.loc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41739) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zz9m8-0005Dc-RB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:56:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zz9m4-0001EM-LI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:56:20 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4e55df098af3485eb77fdbe66a687f09@exchsrv2.sgc.loc> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Cook, Malcolm" Cc: "guix-devel@gnu.org" We could opt for a more powerful VM perhaps? Ludo, what are we looking for? cores, RAM and HDD space? Maybe an institute or one of the UUG's could free up a machine? Does it matter where it sits? What ports should be open? http and ssh? Is Cloud feasible? How much data gets transferred these days? For funding we could use any non-profit, really. As long as the books are balanced :). Maybe one of the list members has a suggestion. Pj. On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 06:38:09PM +0000, Cook, Malcolm wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I don't know what kind of $ we're talking about, nor quite how to inter= pret all those up and down thumbs at lwn.net, but (once I've finally depl= oyed guix) I'll certainly go to bat with my institute to free up some fun= ding.=20 >=20 > Back to Pjotr's Q: How much would it cost to get some decent hardware f= or the substitute server? >=20 > ~Malcolm >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: guix-devel-bounces+mec=3Dstowers.org@gnu.org [mailto:guix-deve= l- > > bounces+mec=3Dstowers.org@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Ludovic Court=C3=A8s > > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:30 PM > > To: Pjotr Prins > > Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org > > Subject: Funding the build farm > >=20 > > Pjotr Prins skribis: > >=20 > > > How much would it cost to get some decent hardware for the substit= ute > > > server? Maybe we can do a dedicated round of funding on this list = and > > > go round with a cap at FOSDEM? I am happy to put in $100 if it sol= ves > > > the issue. Is there no one here who can provide a decent server? > >=20 > > I know this is ridiculous, but we need a way to collect money. The = FSF > > is overworked so the Free Software Fund=C2=B9 still isn=E2=80=99t se= t up for us, and > > I=E2=80=99m even concerned about its viability at this point. > >=20 > > So, what can we do? We could go to another fiscal sponsor for free > > software projects in the US, either Conservancy or SPI, Inc., but th= ey > > may redirect us to the FSF because we=E2=80=99re GNU. > >=20 > > We could look for something similar in Europe but I don=E2=80=99t kn= ow of any. > >=20 > > Or we could just create a bank account (I want to avoid PayPal) and > > possibly a non-profit and do it ourselves. But this has drawbacks, = see > > for instance. > >=20 > > Concrete suggestions are very much welcome! > >=20 > > Then we=E2=80=99ll need to figure out hosting, but I=E2=80=99m a lit= tle less concerned. > >=20 > > Ludo=E2=80=99. > >=20 > > =C2=B9 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-10/msg0017= 2.html >=20 --=20