I think I know the Dilbert cartoons you speak of and none of us want those scenarios! Wally made a fortune....
Anyway, I think those are valid concerns and concerns I have as well but I'd like to see what Kathy comes up with for a proposal. I don't think we have the resources to offer more than a minimal award so I would hope that potential financial gain would be a big factor. And unlike Wally hopefully no one would create bugs just to fix them later. :) Also, in the spirit of it being largely symbolic, as Ruth points out, in a discussion off list about swag the idea has been thrown out to use some kind of swag. I'm personally amused at the idea of a t-shirt that says "Bug Killer" On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Dan Scott <d...@coffeecode.net> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 05:35:04PM -0400, Rogan Hamby wrote: > > I haven't heard any dissents and at least two in favors of (you and I) so > > in the spirit of a meritocracy I would say Kathy that at the least if you > > want to come up with a model of how to handle it, go ahead and let's > start > > poking at the details. > > > > I won't derail things with my wishlist for accessibility. :) > > > > I agree that wishlist bugs shouldn't be on the list. > > Okay, I'll offer a conditional dissent then. I worry that the > introduction of financial incentives will disrupt the contributor > ecology. As soon as money is in the picture, all sorts of interesting > side effects can occur. > > For example, will this act as a disincentive for open communication > and collaboration about potential alternatives for fixing a bug (because > potential fixers jealously guard their approaches from one another)? > Will it reduce the interest of current developers in providing > assistance to new contributors? Will it introduce difficulties in trying > to divvy up credit for bug fixes? Do reviewers of bug fixes get any > share of the cash? Do reporters of bugs who provide reproducible test > cases get any share of the cash? Is there any requirement to providing > regression tests (to prevent the bug from ever rearing its head again) > as part of the bug fix? Will contributors of new functionality bury bugs > they know about in the interest of getting paid twice, once for the new > functionality, and then later for the bug fixes? > > My conditional dissent would like some examples of projects where bug > bounties have actually worked. The examples that I've seen have focused > on reporting security vulnerabilities. If there are a few solid cases > out there that can serve as a model for us, then I would turn my dissent > into cautious assent. > > It could be that I've just read one too many Dilbert cartoons... > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>