On Jan 12, 2022, at 7:24 AM, Nick Wellnhofer via xml <xml@gnome.org> wrote:
> On 10/01/2022 20:47, Mike Dalessio wrote: >> Although I'm relieved, the potential loss of maintainers from the project >> <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/319#note_1348651> was >> alarming. Perhaps another goal to consider for the year is to expand the >> pool of contributors and maintainers. I (and others, I assume) am interested >> in volunteering more time so that the burden isn't carried by you alone, and >> so that if in the future you're unable to secure funding the user community >> will be able to sustain that loss. >> Thanks again, and please think about what work volunteers can pick up to get >> more involved. > > Anyone is invited to help with maintenance. But I can't think of many simple > issues for people to get started. Fixing bugs and reviewing merge requests > often requires deep knowledge of the code base which in turn requires to > invest considerable amounts of time. On the other hand, everyone has to start > somewhere. The best way is probably to start working on interesting issues, > learn from any mistakes you make, and repeat. Welcome back, Nick! I plan to contribute by posting patches to upstream changes from Apple’s port of libxml2 and libxslt. While I know enough about libxml2 and libxslt to fix some bugs, I am not in a place where I could be a maintainer. (I also have limited time to spend on these projects based on assigned tasks at work.) I also plan to link up CVE-IDs that Apple assigned to specific issues: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/186#note_1088985 <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/186#note_1088985>> > Personally, I think the main problem is funding. The pool of competent > programmers willing to spend months of their time to work on a rather > outdated code base implementing mostly legacy technology for free is tiny or > even non-existent. It's really the large corporations who could make a > difference by sponsoring OSS maintenance directly. I'm sure you can find > people like me who would work on OSS at a discount, but not without any > monetary compensation. When an official process is set up for funding libxml2/libxslt (per your original email), I’ll inquire about contributing to it at work. Dave
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