On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 07:54:44PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:52:56AM -0600, Jordon wrote:
> > > OpenBSD 6.0 (GENERIC.MP) #1992: Tue Jul 26 12:52:55 MDT 2016
> > > dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
> > > cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600 CPU @ 3.30GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class)
> > 3.30 GHz
> >
> >
> > A ‘6600’ would be a Skylake CPU, and skylake is not yet supported.
> > I’m seeing similar issues in my Skylake laptop - sleeps find but video
> > subsystem doesn’t wake properly.
> > I know myself and several others are ready to make a nice donation when
> > Skylake support drops.
> > Until then…
> >
> > Jordon
>
> Whether you donate today or tomorrow is irrelevant to Skylake support.
>
> If you have the extra cash already, then why not just make that donation
> right now? With a donation you are not buying a service or a product,
> it is a gift you make voluntarily. Or perhaps a gift you make to lower
> your taxable income. In any case, you have your own private reasons for
> donating which nobody else should care about.
>
> You have already been given a gift by the community which you can install
> and run today, no strings attached. It is this same mindset that donations
> are usually made with. Bragging about a donation to those who receive it and
> even tying it to conditions makes it look not like a real donation, but more
> like an effort to buy influence.
What's more, a conditional donation might in some cases be regarded as
a payout for work by some tax office, and be taxed as such. A donation
with strings attached is not a donation.
-Otto
