Even though this reminder is appreciated I am currently working with Robert on an alternate solution to get him a fast build box. We really need donation funds to go to CVS & Network upgrade at this time.
Don't be shy to shoot me an email if you have any questions. On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:51:09PM +0100, Mitja Mu?eni? wrote: > A few days ago Robert Nagy (the OpenOffice.org port maintainer) added his > request for a build box to www.openbsd.org/want.html. > > OpenOffice.org 3 is a huge port to build and maintain, and a single build > takes over 12 hours on the machine that Robert currently has and cannot > afford to run anymore due to electricity costs. > > A machine with a modern quad-core CPU would cut the build time in half or > less, thus making Robert's work of bringing you a prebuilt and working > OpenOffice.org package much simpler. He also got an offer for free hosting > of the build machine, but the caveat is that it has to be in a 1U rack mount > form. > > By helping Robert get a new rackmount server both issues (the build time and > the cost of running) will be much improved, which will allow him to put more > effort in maintaining the port. An entry-level rack server may look > expensive, but considering the price of commercial office suites, such a > machine does not cost more than a few commercial licences. > > If you can donate towards the purchase of this build machine, please contact > rob...@openbsd.org or make a Paypal donation directly to his e-mail. Since > the initial call for donations on Undeadly ( > http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20090221214700&mode=expanded&; > count=2 ), almost half of the required funds have already been received. > > So please step forward and help the developer get the tools for his work! > > Thank you, > > Mitja
