On 28 June 2011 18:51, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote: > In a message of Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:40:29 +0200, "Massa, Harald Armin" > writes: > > Hi Harald! Note that we are pypy-dev@python.org these days. > > >has anyone already setup a bounties page for pypy-enabling modules? > > No. We just had the idea of doing it very recently. > > >Or had that idea and trashed it, because bounties won't be motivating any > >of the pypy-capable developers? > > No, but it took the reception of Europython, where I met many people who > would pay for GIL removal, for instance, before I got the idea that > crowdsourcing would work for us. So we have been discussing this at > this sprint. > > >I am dreaming of something like: > > > > > >module: py2exe > > > >person_a pledging x money units for an adaption > >person_b pledging y money units for an adaption > >person_c pledging z money units for an adaption > > > >collectivly there are (x+y+z) money units pledged; (x+y+z) is over the > >boredome-treshhold, and it gets realised. > > > >a pypy-able guy claims the work, the pledges are collected, and after > >finishing the money is given to the work-doer. > > I think we want to say who wants to do the work, and how soon they > could start before we collect the pledges. For things that are > complicated, like 'kill the GIL' and 'numpy integration' we would > need to do the spelling out of exactly what it is that we would > be willing to do. I'm also open to the idea of crowdsourcing the > idea of adding feature requests. > > I'd rather get paid up front, as well, for things that take months and > or years to do. > > >Quite sure there are existing commercial entitities who do exactly this, > >but > >is there a subarea for pypy? Or am I just missing the link from the main > >page? > > After 4 days of looking I have not found a commercial entity that does > this. But I have been talking to fundedbyme, a Swedish based international > competitor for kickstarter. The nice thing is that fundedbyme is a Django > app. I've been talking to one of the founders, and they would like to > share > code with us, or set up a way to benefit open source programs in general. > When the PyPy Sprint is over, and I am done a few days of vacation, I > will return to Sweden, and go meet with these people. They are pypy > fans already. >
Using either kickstarter of fundedbyme to raise money for pypy sounds like a great idea. I'm sure that a lot of the python community would put in *some money* for *specific* goals if it was easy. Michael > > In the meantime, if you find a commercial entity which is doing what > we want already, do let me know. For me it is a matter of balancing > the benefit of being paid by a hundred people in 25 Euro chunks, vs > the hassle of having to return money already pledged via paypal or > some service if the feature doesn't receive enough funding, (if we > collect before the work starts) or going after deadbeat promisers who > never pay (if we collect after the work is done). What was clear to me > was that there was enough public support for PyPy that we could really > live on the cash donations of people wanting to pay what they could > to get feature X. The community based support is there. > > So now I just have to find a way to implement it. > > > > >Harald > > Send ideas this way. > > Laura > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html
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