A bit off-topic, but has the Camel team considered using interns for some of its project-work?
In a recent Adam Bien podcast interview... Robert Scholte. mentioned that there were about 10 contributors currently pretty active on Maven, and that none was paid/full-time. It was all voluntary work. Meanwhile, probably over 50% of the worlds Java projects use Maven. Sounds like the team could use some help. Often, it takes too much effort to bring a student/intern up to speed; but, a large and well-known project like Camel may be able to attract students from really good universities, who have already done useful coursework. To be fair, one would need to give such students some interesting work, and work that you really do want done. Yet, to be safe one could try to find things that are less "core" and won't "break everything" if done wrong. For coordination, one might even be able to find a Computer Science professor who is interested enough that he can do some of the mentoring role. With the right professor pushing for it, the University may even grant a small stipend. thoughts?
