[haiku] Website Article: Haiku, Inc. accepts a second development contract in 2011!

From: Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:43:48 +0000

Hi everybody,

In case you didn't see it on the website, I wanted to make sure you knew.

--mmadia

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On the Haiku, Inc. mailing list, Ingo Weinhold proposed a development
contract. You may know Ingo better by his commit id "bonefish", as he
recently merged his POSIX signals development branch back into trunk
as r42116[1]. His proposal is for 160 hours relating to furthering
package management with a €2,000 EUR payout. That is roughly a meager
$18 USD per hour!

These paid-contracts allow developers to dedicate large blocks of
time, which normally would not be available for Haiku development.
These contracts are not for purchasing an hour here, three hours
there, nor for working on something that would not help reaching R1.
The contracts put Haiku on the fast track to R1.

In his proposal, Ingo mentions "I believe package management is still
the number one roadblock for R1". Here are some bullet points from his
proposal[2]:

 * Adjust the build system and tools to build and install the Haiku
core system as a package.
 * Work on tools to build Haiku packages in a clean chroot environment.
 * Adjust build "recipes" for HaikuPorts packages as needed and build
the packages. A tool to check the package against packaging guidelines
might need to be implemented.
 * Extend packagefs to provide information about active packages to
the tools that need it (e.g. the package solver).
 * Implement the package solver (as Oliver proposed based on libsatsolver).

And now for some related financial information. As you can see on
Haiku, Inc.'s website, more than $5,000 USD has been donated this
year. The financial balance is around $12,750 USD. Even after the
successful completion of this contract, Haiku, Inc.'s funds are
capable of supporting additional development contracts.

If you are interested in a contract for any work that relates to
getting Haiku R1 completed, contact Haiku, Inc.[3]. Lastly and most
importantly, thank-you to all of Haiku's financial supporters!

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1: http://dev.haiku-os.org/changeset/42116
2: //www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management
3: http://www.haiku-inc.org/contact.html

Article URL: 
http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2011-06-12_haiku_inc_accepts_second_development_contract_2011

[haiku] Website Article: Haiku, Inc. accepts a second development contract in 2011!

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