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> though you're not clear whether it's time, money or community you're asking for All of these, but perhaps the most important would be money as it's the only
by p12tic 5y ago
> though you're not clear whether it's time, money or community you're asking for
All of these, but perhaps the most important would be money as it's the only thing that clearly indicates the level of community support. Once there's funding it's much easier to prioritize the work.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoWhat kind of money are you looking for? You mention crowdfunding, but it's not clear to me if you're looking from tens or perhaps hundreds from individual users, or tens of hundreds of thousands from institutions/corporations. If it's the former then yes I'd back it depending on the price and what you're planning. With the latter I'm not in a position to influence my employer to participate.
- p12tic 5y agoI think something around $4000 monthly would be enough for release management duties and minimal maintenance. Of course just one person part-time is not enough for large-scale changes, but for resolving regressions and just making sure contributions of other people are being merged, it's enough. I've been doing exactly that for the last half year.
- __d 5y agoSo perhaps you could consider publicizing a suitable mechanism? GitHub sponsorship? Patreon? Something else? Is X.org interested in administering this process?
- p12tic 5y agoIt seems like there's at least some interest, you were the one that pushed me over the fence :-) I've created a Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/p12tic https://www.patreon.com/p12tic. I think it does not make sense to involve X.org as we all want as little bureaucracy as possible because all that time is better spent in software development.
- ncmncm 5y agoI am eager to provide subscribe to this project, with recurring donations.
- p12tic 5y agoI've created a Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/p12tic https://www.patreon.com/p12tic. Thanks!