Re: [qemu-web RFC PATCH] Add Sponsors page

[Thomas Huth]

On 13/09/2021 20.25, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Add a page listing QEMU sponsors and displaying their logos.
>
> Logo sources:
> - https://www.rackspace.com/es/newsroom/media-kit
> - https://developer.arm.com/solutions/infrastructure/works-on-arm
> - https://gitlab.com/fosshost/assets/logo
> - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cip-united
>
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu-web/-/issues/2
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
> ---
> There are probably more, but I'm not aware of them.
>
> Maybe we should list past sponsors, precising a year range?

I think we might have a hard time to compile a complete list, so I'd rather 
not start that job.

> ---
>   _includes/nav.html      |   1 +
>   sponsors.md             |  22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>   sponsors/cipunited.jpg  | Bin 0 -> 10607 bytes
>   sponsors/fosshost.png   | Bin 0 -> 18251 bytes
>   sponsors/rackspace.png  | Bin 0 -> 7363 bytes
>   sponsors/worksonarm.png | Bin 0 -> 9965 bytes
>   6 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 sponsors.md
>   create mode 100644 sponsors/cipunited.jpg
>   create mode 100644 sponsors/fosshost.png
>   create mode 100644 sponsors/rackspace.png
>   create mode 100644 sponsors/worksonarm.png
>
> diff --git a/_includes/nav.html b/_includes/nav.html
> index 73b39b3..49ad4cd 100644
> --- a/_includes/nav.html
> +++ b/_includes/nav.html
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>                         </li><li {% if current[1] == 'contribute' %}class='current'{% endif %}><a 
> href="{{ relative_root }}/contribute">Contribute</a>
>                         </li><li {% if current[1] == 'documentation' %}class='current'{% endif 
> %}><a href="{{ relative_root }}/documentation">Docs</a>
>                         </li><li><a href="https://wiki.qemu.org";>Wiki</a>
> +                       </li><li {% if current[1] == 'sponsors' %}class='current'{% endif %}><a 
> href="{{ relative_root }}/sponsors">Sponsors</a>

Not sure whether we need that link on every page (i.e. in the navigation 
menu)? Maybe it's enough to put the link somewhere on the home page?

>                         </li><li {% if current[1] == 'blog' %}class='current'{% endif %}><a 
> href="{{ relative_root }}/blog">Blog</a></li>
>                 </ul>
>         </nav>
> diff --git a/sponsors.md b/sponsors.md
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..da1bf19
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/sponsors.md
> @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
> +---
> +title: QEMU sponsors
> +permalink: /sponsors/
> +---
> +
> +QEMU has sponsors!
> +
> +The website is hosted by [Rackspace Technology](https://www.rackspace.com/).
> +
> +For continuous integration and testing, hardware is provided by:
> +- Arm and Equinix Metal via the [Works on Arm 
> program](https://www.worksonarm.com/)
> +- [Fosshost](https://fosshost.org/)
> +- [CIP United](https://www.cipunited.com/)
> +
> +
> +![Rackspace Technology](rackspace.png)
> +
> +![Works on Arm](worksonarm.png)
> +
> +![Fosshost](fosshost.png)
> +
> +![CIP United](cipunited.jpg)

Some remarks:

1) Could you please use the original URLs as source for the pictures instead 
of copying them over into our website? Some folks don't like it when their 
images are copied...

2) Could we have a short description about what the CI hardware is used for? 
I can figure out  that worksonarm likely provides the hardware for the 
aarch64 gitlab runner, but what are the others good for?

3) What about the s390x gitlab runner?

4) Shouldn't we mention gitlab.com here, too? They did not actively offer 
hardware to us, but we're using their free gitlab infrastructure a lot, so I 
think we should provide a link to them here, too.

 Thomas