Hi guys I am risking of being accused in hipster-thinking... :) I know there were discussions of that some day. It looks there exist developers and quite a lot of users. Something else is missing. But why not try some form of crowd-funding / bounty-hunting?
I mean to structure those 500+ bugs/features ("future" milestone) in some meaningful way + put some estimates(weeks, dollars)/difficulty for them and try to pursue people on popular Linux forums for support. BR, Denis 18.08.2016, 00:30, "Mooffie" <moof...@gmail.com>: > On 8/17/16, Yury V. Zaytsev <y...@shurup.com> wrote: >> I hope that my efforts in trying to find an employer >> who would be ready to sponsor some work on mc at least >> on the scale of several hours per week have now finally >> borne fruit > > I very much hope so. > > It amazes me that the Linux ecosystem (and similar OSs), under which > flourish gazillion of companies, don't help in this. > > Perhaps people just aren't aware of the situation. Before I came here > I assumed there was some "Bilderberg group" behind MC. After all, MC > is such a basic element of Linux, so who wouldn't want a hand in it? > >> basically, I've been inactive in the last couple >> of months (travelling, $dayjob), but [...] > > Yep, I've noticed your resounding absence :-( I'm relieved to see > you're still an addict. > > I too have been inactive. It started with a computer crash that kept > me busy for a couple of months, and afterwards I sort of remained > inactive. Not that I've been active before that. > >> In the mean time, kudos to Andrew who is single-handedly >> doing some excellent work on mc right now... > > Right! He's like Atlas. I mean it. > > I swear, when that $75 million USD finally get to me from that > Nigerian prince whose rich uncle Absalom had died, the very first > thing I'm going to do is put Andrew and you on a huuuuge payroll. For > Andrew I'll buy a gold Lamborghini. Even before I buy myself a > computer! > _______________________________________________ > mc-devel mailing list > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel -- Regards, Denis Golovan _______________________________________________ mc-devel mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel