[Q] Squeak feature bounties
Russell Allen
mail at russell-allen.com
Tue Mar 7 23:08:10 UTC 2006
I don't think that the squeak community is large enough for an
un-targetted bounty list to work straight off. There aren't enough people
floating around with time on their hands but without projects of their
own...
I agree that the Google summer of code would be a much better model.
Pick a feature, find a student or programmer who would like to implement
it, collect the money.
You would need a clear understanding of who is going to do the work, a
clear timetable for the work being done and someone to monitor progress.
To give a more concrete example:
My personal wishlist for Squeak is mostly focussed around making the image
a place where I can live, rather than a nice place to visit. One of my
needs for living in Squeak is a decent HTML renderer; either pure
smalltalk (hard) or something like KHTML wrapped as a primitive (easier).
Assuming this is the goal, the first step would be to find someone
suitably qualified and keen to implement it and to work out a suitable
payment.
We could then set up an account on a site like fundable.org where people
pledge money on the understanding that they only have to pay if enough
money is pledged and the goal is reached; or go the 'low-tech' solution
and have someone keep track of promises by email and a website.
Best wishes,
Russell
mail at russell-allen.com
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