On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 at 06:11 A.M. Kuchling <a...@amk.ca> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 07:45:05AM -0500, Eric V. Smith wrote: > > Channeling Nick, I'd say that LTS support should come from commercial > third > > parties, such as OS vendors. I agree with Antoine: it's not something we > > want to impose on the core devs. How much fun is 2.7 maintenance? > > Are there any core developers who have Patreon accounts for monthly > donations? Examples from more Linux-y projects: > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/duplicates/5omtvg/patreons_to_support_open_source_projects_please/
I have yet to see anyone reach a level high enough to support themselves. The people that I have seen use these approaches and make a living are bloggers that also sell advertising and merchandise. > > > I think this is the next frontier for Python maintenance; we need > full-time core maintainers, no third parties are funding any such > developers, and the PSF doesn't seem interested in pursuing that. > I've talked to the PSF about this and it isn't a lack of desire, it's a lack of funds. The PSF wants to have at least a couple of years worth of salary in the bank before taking on any employee and I suspect the salary that would be required isn't a small sum.
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