> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Ned Slider > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 21:15 > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] [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). -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.