Karen Lewellen wrote: > Instead, I am seeking, where I can actually ask the question, to get a > sense of what Debian developers charge for their services. > Neither the Links, or elinks developers list are places to which I have > access. > If being financially compensated, what does such work tend to cost? > is there a development rate card like in other industries?
This actually has a kind of answer. The long-term-support project for Debian is run by the Freexian consultancy, which accepts donations and payments and pays developers. One of the things that you can buy is ongoing support for a package. They have an estimation page here: https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended/docs/cost-estimation/ and the developers are paid at a rate of 85 Euros per hour, which I think is pretty much in line with mid-to-senior software developers. -dsr-
