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> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ned Slider
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 21:15
> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OT] posting bounties for rpms
> compatible with centos?
>
> On 06/12/11 23:01, Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > Is there an etiquitte to posting bounties to the centos
> community for
> > OSS to be packaged in rpm form for centos?
> >
>
> The generally accepted route is to make a request on the
> mailing list of an appropriate repository, for example,
> repoforge (rpmforge):
>
> http://lists.repoforge.org/mailman/listinfo/users
>
> (there are others too)
Did not think of that as an avenue. Thanks.
>
> Such repositories are usually more than willing to accept
> donations such as hardware and/or bandwidth to assist with
> hosting, or offers to mirror. Some developers/packagers have
> individual wish lists on Amazon if you'd like to make a
In fact I have posted at the project site for etherpad offering 128$ for the rpm
installer. They already have a site they use for bounties (http://gun.io), which
uses amazon for the financial processing.
But I would not expect the debian focused developers to have much understanding
in the way of the rpm. Now those on a rpm repo mailing list would.
> personal donation to express your gratitude and I guess if
> you are desperate to part with your hard cold cash then
> they'd be willing to accept that too (although in my personal
> experience people tend not to do this for financial reward).
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