On 05/06/10 23:27, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > > Compared to the major Linux distros, you might want to keep one thing > in mind: we are not backed-up by a commercial entity that pays for our > work and for the hardware to do the work on. Indeed, I am not aware of > any ports committer hired by someone to work on ports.
I have been sponsored by both members of the community and companies to work on portmaster (http://dougbarton.us/portmaster-proposal.html) and have also been contracted to do work on other ports. That doesn't take away from the strength of your main point however. The vast majority of work on FreeBSD ports is on a volunteer basis. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
