[Development] Contributing to the Qt Project behind a hefty firewall and proxy server

[Thiago Macieira]

On segunda-feira, 16 de julho de 2012 10.50.20, Laszlo Papp wrote:
> There is no any waste of time, if a company does not wanna change
> things upside down, just accept that the contribution will be pushed
> against the Qt Project through 443. It is actually way more time waste
> and energy at times to put pressure onto the IT department or
> supervisor shoulders (or even managers). Let us leave to the common
> sense which works better in an actual situation for a company without
> dictating something for each of them. I do not think we can make
> universal rules... This is a simple fix in the qt project without any
> modification anywhere else.

Who is going to pay for the extra IP dedicated for this? Maybe we should put a 
price tag on uses for port 443: if you want to use it, pay $10 per month to 
the Qt Project Hosting Foundation and we'll enable your account to use it 
(IPv6-only should be free or cheaper).

Then you can take it up with the Finance department instead to explain why 
that cost is necessary. Better, charge it to the IT department's cost centre.

Really.

I understand that convincing the IT departments of some companies to change 
their policies is like banging the head against the wall. But we must try. I 
really do not like your defeatism.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
     Intel Sweden AB - Registration Number: 556189-6027
     Knarrarnäsgatan 15, 164 40 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
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