Hi, there are many users of the GNU Arch SCM system, and some people have expressed concerned about its future. Given that Tom Lord has declared he will not continue to work on tla (GNU Arch 1.0) and revc (GNU Arch 2.0), and Canonical is focusing on bazaar-ng, a Python-based SCM not directly compatible with Arch, but that the current C-based tla code base is a usable SCM for many applications and the experimental recv code base may hold a lot of promise for fixing the shortcomings of tla, I propose that interested parties come up with some money to support the continued development of Arch.
I am willing to provide US $ 250 per month toward this effort. I hope there may be other interested users of Arch who can contribute too. While this may not sound like a lot of money for people living in the US or other Western countries, if we can make it up to, say, US $600 per month, this money may be enough to support some talent hacker in India or Eastern Europe for each month where the cost of living is lower. If there is more money we may be able to support someone in the Western world. What we need is someone who is a good Free Software hacker, has the skills and understands the inner workings of Arch, and can dedicate enough time to enhance the code base and to possibly finish revc with all the functions of tla. The work must be GPLed, as it is the extension of the current Arch code. I will require that the code must be copyright-assigned to the Free Software Foundation (of Boston, MA, USA), although depending on the location of the person hired the money can be administrated via the FSF India or FSF Europe. I don't know if this can work as a way to continue a Free Software project but I will like to try. I welcome comments. Andy Andy Tai, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free Software: the software by the people, of the people and for the people! Develop! Share! Enhance! Enjoy! _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/
