On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 12:00:12AM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Le lundi 09 octobre 2006 18:54, Martin Schulze a écrit : > > > hard on getting Debian better be funded similarily? I know that > > several people have lost their motivation to work on Debian as before > > (yes, others will hate me for writing this again) because of this. > > Some developers ask themselves already why they should work on some > > tasks, when others are to be paid for their Debian work, and they have > > other obligations as well. > > You never loose your motivation because some developers get paid > to work on Debian tasks, unless you're jealous. > > I personaly have no real idea whether Dunc Tank is a good thing or > a bad one, but seeing that a group of people is trying to improve > Debian in some respect increases my motivation. > Agreed. Also, the fact that some people are apparently taking the tack that improving Debian is only OK if it happens a certain way really makes me doubt whether this is something of which I want to be a part. Note, I am not going to withdraw my NM application or anything like that, it just gives me pause.
> I see no evil in giving people financial compensations for working > full time on some key Debian tasks. If such people give the project > their best with faith and dedication and enjoy it, I am very very > happy for both them and the project. > Same here. -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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