Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

[Petr Janda <elekktretterr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok Matt,

hope you can make it into the release.

petr

Matt Emmerton wrote:
> Petr,
>
> Given that I'm doing a fair amount of learning-as-I-go with this particular
> task, it would be unfair to charge my usual hourly rate.
> I am aware of your budget and I am willing to work within it, regardless of
> how long this task ultimately takes me.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Matt Emmerton
>
>
>   
> > Hey Matt,
> > Sweet as. How much do you charge per hour?
> >
> > Petr
> >
> > Matt Emmerton wrote:
> >     
> > > > Noone? Im willing to pay up to $150 AUD ($110 USD, approx 80-90 euro)
> > > > for those couple of functions + ensuring that PowerDNS-Recursor works
> > > > after that. Please consider an estimate of how long its going to take
> > > > and let me know(i suppose it might take only like 30 mins for some of
> > > > you). Let me know your hourly charge. However keep in mind that i will
> > > > always double check with other devs that im not being ripped off(not
> > > > that im cheap, but i know you understand i dont do C thus i cant say
> > > >         
> how
>   
> > > > long its going to take...parents taught me to always be careful with
> > > > money and all)
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > I've started working on this, using the FreeBSD implementation as a
> > >       
> first
>   
> > > cut for DFly.
> > >
> > > It was asked earlier on in the thread why FreeBSD used syscalls for
> > >       
> this -- 
>   
> > > it's best to look at the commit comments for rev 1.9 of ucontext.h for
> > >       
> their
>   
> > > reasons -- 
> > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/i386/include/ucontext.h
> > >
> > > I'll be following the FreeBSD lead for the first cut; I'll see what we
> > >       
> can
>   
> > > do to improve on this in our world as a follow-on.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > --
> > > Matt Emmerton
> > >
> > >
> > >       
>
>