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cool. that is, as i said, from the discussion from last year i think. i regularly submit bug reports and have something like 20-25 open issues that i have subm

cool. that is, as i said, from the discussion from last year i think. i regularly submit bug reports and have something like 20-25 open issues that i have submitted. its nice that 11 people are doing dev work but don't you think we should be doing more? wouldn't it be possible to get a grant from wikimedia for doing dev work directly under foundation rather than from collabora et al? wikimedia certainly has the money to bankroll LO. that said, 11 people are not a lot considering the scope of the project. why doesn't the foundation use cheap labour from other countries? you can certainly have 5 FTE at the cost of a single american/german one? india for example. There is a lot of indian/indonesian communties. these volunteers would love to be paid to fix things. why don't you explore that ?

buovjaga 3y ago
The foundation was set up to foster an ecosystem of commercial companies (or in-house teams in public sector entities) and that is the emphasis that the directors of the foundation have maintained since 2010. While I agree with you that there is space for the foundation to do more in-house without stepping on the toes of the ecosystem companies, it was not a walk in the park to get approval for the hiring of two C++-focused devs. LibreOffice contributors can influence how the foundation operates by becoming members of the foundation and voting in director elections or becoming elected into the board of directors. I am mentoring over 120 new volunteer contributors per year (most into C++ development or quality assurance). I'm really happy with the workflow I've constructed and you can read more about it here: https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/how-i-recruit-and-mentor-contributors-and-how-you-should-too/965 https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/how-i-recruit-and-mentor-... As TDF is a non-profit, cost of labour is certainly an important factor when hiring.

buovjaga 3y ago

The foundation was set up to foster an ecosystem of commercial companies (or in-house teams in public sector entities) and that is the emphasis that the directors of the foundation have maintained since 2010. While I agree with you that there is space for the foundation to do more in-house without stepping on the toes of the ecosystem companies, it was not a walk in the park to get approval for the hiring of two C++-focused devs. LibreOffice contributors can influence how the foundation operates by becoming members of the foundation and voting in director elections or becoming elected into the board of directors. I am mentoring over 120 new volunteer contributors per year (most into C++ development or quality assurance). I'm really happy with the workflow I've constructed and you can read more about it here: https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/how-i-recruit-and-mentor-contributors-and-how-you-should-too/965 https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/how-i-recruit-and-mentor-... As TDF is a non-profit, cost of labour is certainly an important factor when hiring.