"Steve Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff Rush wrote: > > There is discussion by the Python Software Foundation of offering cash > > bounties or perhaps periodic awards to the "best of" for magazine articles, > > video/screencast clips and such. > > > > If YOU would be swayed to get involved in producing content in exchange for > > cash, please speak up on the advocacy mailing list and also drop an email to > > Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, current champion of this idea and looking > > for encouragement. Ideas on how to evaluate contributions, how frequently to > > do this and critical thresholds of cash amounts necessary to induce YOUR > > participation are wanted. > > > Thanks for posting this, Jeff. I have already had a couple of replies. > Allow me to expand on my current thinking before this gets off-track. > > Lest people be lulled into thinking that the PSF is going into the > "articles for cash" business, let me say that isn't really the idea. I > don't really think we will necessarily improve the quality of > information about Python simply by throwing cash incentives at authors, > and I was more looking for a way to reward authors of excellence, as > judged by some subset of the Python community - this might have to be > the PSF membership given the impracticality of running a meaningful poll > with a larger set of voters. I get a bit confused here - when you say "articles" - what forum do you have in mind? I would suggest that paying for articles would make sense on a commisioned basis, if there were to be an identified "hole" in the documentation, or for some technique or recipe which is not well covered, and deserving of more exposure. > > So the intention is not so much to encourage people who wouldn't > otherwise write to start writing (desirable though this outcome might > be, I don't think cash incentives are the right way to achieve it) but > rather to reward *excellence* in Python writing and underline the fact > that standards are important. > > There are many other possibilities too. What about an award for "most > helpful responses on c.l.py" over some period? I think one of the > reasons people find Python so useful is its helpful community, and it > would be nice to see the tireless fielders of questions rewarded for > their community contribution. > This is a good idea - I sometimes marvel at the degree of effort that some of the answers to a question on this NG must cost the repliers. Another one would be to reward the most patient fellow... > However, these are only my ideas and I am open to any and all > suggestions from the broader Python community about how awards might be > used to provide incentives to improve the available information about > Python, and possibly even the software that's available in Python. I > have undertaken to make a proposal to the PSF Board for an incentive > scheme. So please let me have your ideas. Most bugs fixed in the month for the developers? (Watch them scrabbling for the easy ones - <G> ) Most Patches reviewed and incorporated? Best recipe of the week/month/year? Best Existing Module - don't forget that there has been a lot of effort put in already into stuff like Twisted, Pyro, SPE, and many more - a lot of it excellent work provided by rugged individuals, just because they could... As somone else has already said : ...... is F******G awesome - and its all in python. Hey! how about starting with the best suggestion for spending the money... That should get the ball rolling. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
