From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20983 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2023 14:05:57 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Sep 2023 14:05:57 -0000 Received: from gaff.inri.net ([168.235.71.243]) by 9front; Wed Sep 6 10:04:46 -0400 2023 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([168.235.81.125]) by gaff; Wed Sep 6 10:04:46 -0400 2023 Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:04:45 -0400 From: Stanley Lieber To: 9front@9front.org In-Reply-To: References: <5120126d-b136-fe80-0b6f-c3c62a946b30@sdf.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: stateless rails app-scale backend Subject: Re: [9front] MP4/VP9, SSH & TLS Bounty Numbers and Progress Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk On September 6, 2023 9:59:33 AM EDT, Lucas Francesco wrote: >Hey, just wanna tip out some of them MIGHT be outdated, like the >MP4/VP9 one=2E We have a vpx/h264/av1 decoder/encoder working and that's >stated there, but I'm almost sure the request was for an inhouse >library (and that's why the bounty is still there even though we can >decode, play and encode video) and another caveat on that one is that >I'm almost sure the person that put that bounty there is dead=2E > > >I know there's still people wanting a proper inhouse ssh server since >people were using a hacky one written in go, but you're reading the >TLS part wrong: it's already done and it's missing on payments, >anything below the "DONE (pay up, deadbeats) " part is stuff that we >already have but the person that put the bounty there either didn't >pay or did not update us about the bounty being already paid, this is >due to the bounty board being 100% put up by people on ml/irc saying >they want stuff and the fact that 9front=2Eorg "itself" does not hold >the money to pay up the bounty=2E > >As for increasing the bounties, this is all a community effort, 9front >isn't funded by anyone besides our time and money and the general >community wisdom nowadays is that increasing them isn't making people >do it, and bounties aren't enforced by 9front so any way this might >happen is convincing people that putting more money on the line is >worthwhile=2E > >On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:42, Dmad wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> Was reading through Plan9 Haters late last night and saw the bounties >> printed there=2E Are those bounties still outstanding (just saw the pr= inted >> ones are nearly identical to https://fqa=2E9front=2Eorg/appendixb=2Ehtm= l)? >> >> I'm not a C programmer, but a SOC guy - however, thinking that a little >> more sauce on the kitty (increasing the bounties) may be beneficial=2E >> >> Those are the three I am interested in - let me know if there is someth= ing >> more pressing for the project that needs focus=2E >> >> Thanks! >> >> dmadhatr@sdf=2Eorg >> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf=2Eorg > yeah, the list is more aspirational than legally binding=2E there's no mec= hanism for fulfillment or enforcement=2E the right way to handle it is to = pay people whenever the spirit convicts you=2E (or pay me to remove entries= that bother you=2E) sl