From nobody Sun Nov 06 09:29:27 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4N4pwf3D8Mz4ghN6 for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2022 09:29:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from mail.madpilot.net (vogon.madpilot.net [159.69.1.99]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4N4pwd1dsZz3qTP for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2022 09:29:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from mail (mail [192.168.254.3]) by mail.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4N4pwV4dCrz6fmj; Sun, 6 Nov 2022 10:29:30 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=madpilot.net; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:in-reply-to :subject:subject:from:from:content-language:references:date:date :message-id:received; s=bjowvop61wgh; t=1667726968; x= 1669541369; bh=MzZELnq1KiBXAWzJV+Fl9nJDlmEKjZI2gVeE2saoJxc=; b=S F3VGMscMPU8s2OfrkXZrYxSdw40029E6srngjlt/MSU5QVFyPLUrUNN42Upp0kPo oOyBWkNEQphI4N3ph2WwAdabiQgDgdhCBROtdU4eEAKw6+GolA7VfXh0uX48JzZF ttiqiC4/2vohRq+kbCZXVh+6kWEBKNk1grUrI2ji58W3Yd9lEB8JYa2xS76y0AaA ByqeBs2K4QK+CROp+4uYPDalDIwKYPyrWoRa07OnD1oMw7er/60XdftDyllp6d/D 3EENn7g5tIgl0EFnFJlKgazhjktleNxXbfKbMksbjrgb6ksrYNwNPYgNt2ntqGHb 8SXxqQYAfAMpnanSHvH1w== Received: from mail.madpilot.net ([192.168.254.3]) by mail (mail.madpilot.net [192.168.254.3]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id mv5bJbvlCYsS; Sun, 6 Nov 2022 10:29:28 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 10:29:27 +0100 To: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <8166ec14-ba84-cae4-d481-eb4ddb141d@puchar.net> Content-Language: en-US From: Guido Falsi Subject: Re: FreeBSD financing In-Reply-To: <8166ec14-ba84-cae4-d481-eb4ddb141d@puchar.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4N4pwd1dsZz3qTP X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=madpilot.net header.s=bjowvop61wgh header.b="S F3VGMs"; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=madpilot.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of mad@madpilot.net designates 159.69.1.99 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mad@madpilot.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.00 / 15.00]; MISSING_MIME_VERSION(2.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[madpilot.net,quarantine]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[madpilot.net:s=bjowvop61wgh]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[madpilot.net:+]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:159.69.0.0/16, country:DE]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org On 06/11/22 08:58, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > I looked at FreeBSD site and see this year very low financing (year > still not ended but is close) relative to former years. AFAIK most donations happen in the last few weeks of the year, so the fact that the donation counter is relatively low in November is no indication. As far as I can remember it's always been like that. I don't have hard data on this, except my own memory and remembering various articles on the internet in the past year declaring the project dead based on donation count at similar times, when the counter jumped towards the end of the year. There are also some reasons why donations arrive at end of year. Only at that time big donors (and smaller ones too) have an idea IF they have money to donate, and IF they will be able to reap the fiscal advantage such donations can give. So any such worries should be postponed and reviewed around December, 31st. -- Guido Falsi