[GHC DevOps Group] CircleCI status and budget concerns

[Manuel M T Chakravarty]

Thanks, Gershom. It’s good to know that we have got this option.

The immediate issue with CircleCI is resolved as Google X have generously offered to fund this for a year. They now help us out with both AppVeyor and CircleCI. Thank you, Google X!

Cheers,
Manuel

> 20.06.2018 10:26 Gershom B <gershomb at gmail.com>:
> 
> On June 19, 2018 at 8:16:37 PM, Manuel M T Chakravarty (manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io <mailto:manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io>) wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for the offer, but we are currently not set up for this (i.e., it would require a legal entity that can accept donations).
> 
> 
> 
> We do have such a legal entity. That is the purpose of Haskell.org <http://haskell.org/> — it is a registered 501c(3) nonprofit which is equipped to handle donations, including earmarked ones, and through which we can organize and manage contributions in a uniform way, using them to fund essential haskell infrastructure — including, e.g. CI systems.
> 
> We already have a standing offer that has not been acted on yet, to contribute up to I think 50$/mo for CI stuff from haskell.org <http://haskell.org/>. We could have some discussion to bump that somewhat, and along with that we certainly could also be a central clearing-house for other earmarked payments that sum up to the total from either individual _or_ institutional contributors.
> 
> I would not like this offer to pre-empt institutional support from the companies represented in the devops group — after all, a key part of the purpose of this group was to organize and procure support from commercial groups that make use of haskell, and substituting crowdfunding for that won’t get us to that end. However, I do want to be clear that the mechanisms do exist for handling individual contributions, and we can seek a solution that combines that with more reliable long-term institutional commitments to funding.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gershom
> 
> On June 19, 2018 at 8:16:37 PM, Manuel M T Chakravarty (manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io <mailto:manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io>) wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for the offer, but we are currently not set up for this (i.e., it would require a legal entity that can accept donations).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Manuel
>> 
>> > Am 19.06.2018 um 21:56 schrieb Alex <alex at centromere.net <mailto:alex at centromere.net>>:
>> > 
>> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:46:41 +1000
>> > Manuel M T Chakravarty <manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io <mailto:manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io>> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> Ok, so we need $200/month (to get a limit extension for four
>> >> containers).
>> >> 
>> >> Would any of the institutions represented on this mailing list be
>> >> able to cover these costs? (The eternal gratitude of the Haskell
>> >> community would be yours! Oh, and you get a more thoroughly tested
>> >> compiler!)
>> >> 
>> > 
>> > Would you accept donations from individuals?
>> > 
>> > -- 
>> > Alex
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