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title = "Haiku, Inc. accepts a second development contract in 2011!"
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date = "2011-06-12T16:44:13.000Z"
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tags = ["hiring", "haiku-inc", "donations", "contracting"]
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<img src="/files/code-o-matic.png" border="8" align="right" />
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<p>On the Haiku, Inc. mailing list, <strong>Ingo Weinhold proposed a development contract.</strong>
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You may know Ingo better by his commit id "bonefish", as he recently merged his POSIX signals development branch back into trunk as <a href="https://dev.haiku-os.org/changeset/42116">r42116</a>.
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His proposal is for <strong>160 hours relating to furthering package management with a €2,000 EUR payout.</strong>
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That is roughly a meager $18 USD per hour!
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<p>
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These paid-contracts allow developers to dedicate large blocks of time, which normally would not be available for Haiku development.
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These contracts are not for purchasing an hour here, three hours there, nor for working on something that would not help reaching R1.
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<strong>The contracts put Haiku on the fast track to R1.</strong>
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<p>In his proposal, Ingo mentions "I believe package management is still the number one roadblock for R1".
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Here are some bullet points from <a href="https://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management">his proposal</a>:
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<li>Adjust the build system and tools to build and install the Haiku core system as a package.</li>
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<li>Work on tools to build Haiku packages in a clean chroot environment.</li>
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<li>Adjust build "recipes" for HaikuPorts packages as needed and build the packages. A tool to check the package against packaging guidelines might need to be implemented.</li>
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<li>Extend packagefs to provide information about active packages to the tools that need it (e.g. the package solver).</li>
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<li>Implement the package solver (as Oliver proposed based on libsatsolver).</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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And now for some related financial information.
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As you can see on Haiku, Inc.'s website, more than $5,000 USD has been donated this year.
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The financial balance is around $12,750 USD.
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Even after the successful completion of this contract, Haiku, Inc.'s funds are capable of supporting
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additional development contracts.
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<p>
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<strong>If you are interested in a contract for any work that relates to getting Haiku R1 completed, <a href="http://www.haiku-inc.org/contact.html">contact Haiku, Inc.</a></strong>. Lastly and most importantly, thank-you to all of Haiku's financial supporters!
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