Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm6eE-0007pz-Fi for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:07:50 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-yx0-f175.google.com ([209.85.213.175]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Qm6eB-00013u-0d for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:07:50 +0000 Received: by yxi19 with SMTP id 19so1081469yxi.34 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:07:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.101.1 with SMTP id d1mr199675ybm.152.1311782859221; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:07:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.138.1 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:07:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201107271028.28057.luke@dashjr.org> References: <1311765274.9830.3.camel@mei> <201107271028.28057.luke@dashjr.org> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:07:39 -0700 Message-ID: From: Rick Wesson To: Luke-Jr Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00151750eef658aae804a90f3f61 X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-Headers-End: 1Qm6eB-00013u-0d Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Seeking advice: Encouraging bug-fixing over new features X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:07:50 -0000 --00151750eef658aae804a90f3f61 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 personally, if the software works better (less bugs) then btc will be more valuable. offering bounty is orthorginal to finding the right technical lead that will hurd the effort. put a bounty (salary) on the person to lead the effort, not the bugs -rick On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Luke-Jr wrote: > On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:20:07 AM John Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Joel Joonatan Kaartinen > > wrote: > > > Perhaps even add a way for anyone add to the bounty attached to a bug > on > > > the bug tracker? Also, a listing page for bugs with their bounties > might > > > be nice too. > > > > Good idea. I'm not sure if the github bug tracker supports extension > > attributes, but it'd be a great place to add it. Also, people can let > know > > that they're already working on a feature using a comment, to prevent > > double work. > > I'm not sure a few small bounties would justify agreeing to GitHub's steep > demand for potentially unlimited money in their terms of service... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. > Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. > Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > --00151750eef658aae804a90f3f61 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable personally, if the software works better (less bugs) then btc will be more = valuable. offering bounty is orthorginal to finding the right technical lea= d that will hurd the effort.

put a bounty (salary) on th= e person to lead the effort, not the bugs

-rick


On W= ed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Luke-Jr <luke@dashjr.org> wrote:
On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:20:07 AM John Smith wrote:=
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Joel Joonatan Kaartinen
> <joel.kaartinen@gmail.c= om> wrote:
> > Perhaps even add a way for anyone add to the bounty attached to a= bug on
> > the bug tracker? Also, a listing page for bugs with their bountie= s might
> > be nice too.
>
> Good idea. I'm not sure if the github bug tracker supports extensi= on
> attributes, but it'd be a great place to add it. Also, people can = let know
> that they're already working on a feature using a comment, to prev= ent
> double work.

I'm not sure a few small bounties would justify agreeing to GitHu= b's steep
demand for potentially unlimited money in their terms of service...

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