Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm7iA-0008Io-BM for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:15:58 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.215.171 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.171; envelope-from=joel.kaartinen@gmail.com; helo=mail-ey0-f171.google.com; Received: from mail-ey0-f171.google.com ([209.85.215.171]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Qm7i9-00043p-By for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:15:58 +0000 Received: by eye22 with SMTP id 22so2152878eye.2 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:15:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.23.67 with SMTP id q3mr9951bkb.338.1311786950961; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [91.153.53.68] (a91-153-53-68.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.153.53.68]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h7sm24812bkd.12.2011.07.27.10.15.48 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Joonatan Kaartinen To: Rick Wesson In-Reply-To: References: <1311765274.9830.3.camel@mei> <201107271028.28057.luke@dashjr.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:15:44 +0300 Message-ID: <1311786944.9830.77.camel@mei> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (joel.kaartinen[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1Qm7i9-00043p-By 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 17:15:58 -0000 When I first found bitcoin, I was a bit surprised there were no paid by community developers working on it. However, the bounties would be a more democratic way of guiding the progress as well as allow things to happen without a stable flow of money. Having said that, if it's feasible, having someone hired full time to work on the software would be great. I'm too much of a newcomer myself to be able to provide any financial support for that though. I could most likely contribute towards some bug bounties but if there was a bug I'd want to offer bounty for, I'd be fixing it myself already. - Joel On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 09:07 -0700, Rick Wesson wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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