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On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 11:18 -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: |
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> Donnie Berkholz wrote: [Mon May 16 2005, 07:47:17PM EDT] |
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> > I blogged [1] about this the other day. It also talks a bit about |
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> > bounties, which I was actually more interested in. |
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> Bounties sound pretty scary to me. One of Gentoo's enduring qualities |
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> is that it is supported by volunteers. Injecting money into the |
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> development process will certainly change what problems get attention. |
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> I think I like it better when devs get to choose objectively what |
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> problems get attention, instead of being influenced by the promise of |
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> cash (or any other prize). |
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Ehh... I am *so* for being bribed... ;] |
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That being said, I prefer the "I'll order you a pizza if..." or the ever |
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popular "I owe you a pint whenever you come visit..." to the "I'll pay |
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you to fix..." which can definitely lead to development time following |
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the money trail rather than fixing bugs that might not be in the public |
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eye, but are much more widespread and important to Gentoo as a whole. |
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