On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 10:53 PM Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote:
> On 19/02/2021 23.22, Stestagg wrote: > > The thing that stood out from this conversation, for me, is: Releases > > are too hard, and there’s a risk of not having enough volunteers as a > > result. > > > > How hard is it to fix that? > > Actually it's easy to fix! > > For some value of "easy" that involves raising a six-figure dollar sum annually ... > The PSF needs needs sufficient money to hire a couple of people, so the > PSF can turn release management and security maintenance from unpaid > volunteers into paid fulltime jobs. > Oh, is that all? Sustainability of the PSF, as has been shown over its 20 years of existence, is not an easy thing to achieve. It was hit by the financial crisis in 2008 and again by the coronavirus crisis last year, both things that affected all foundations. If you plan to bring this kind of money in and rely on it, you have to ensure it comes from sources that can't just be switched off when budgets tighten. It could be done, but "easy" sounds like exaggeration to me. Unless your suggestions were joking, but I saw no smiley ... Kind regards, Steve
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