On Mar 29, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Jeff Hammel wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:18:30PM -0700, rupert.thurner wrote: >> >> On Mar 29, 6:24 pm, Jeff Hammel <jham...@openplans.org> wrote: >>> The idea occured to me to setup a trac with bounties for plugin >>> and other development work similar to RequestAHacks on trac-hacks >>> but for paid work. While I'd love to do this...probably not right >>> now as I don't have much free development time (although I could >>> be persuaded). >>> >>> I for one would be interested in paid plugin development, >>> depending on what the plugin would do and if it matches my skill- >>> set. While I don't have much free time, Trac plugins are often >>> pretty quick. Please feel free to email me with any plugin needs >>> you might have. I'll say in passing that I don't have any >>> interest in interfacing with proprietary software and that I only >>> have linux machines at my disposal for development and testing. >>> >>> Maybe its worth setting up a list for people who are interested in >>> seeking or doing paid development work, at least in the interim? >> >> >> it would be great to discuss it on this list, even the requirements, >> to create synergies. >> >> >> rupert. > > Just to throw out some things that have been going around in my head: > > * auction style bidding and back-room discussions should be > discouraged so that interested developers don't have any incentive > not to Play Nice > > * a potential client should post the desired hack (or a roadmap, if > there is more than one phase) with a time-frame and the amount they > are willing to pay. Both of these can be negotiable, but some > ranges would be nice so that the desired hacks could be easily > searched > > * once a client approves a developer for work on a project, the > plugin is no longer open for others to work on (common sense, I > know, just feel the need to say it) > > * is the resulting work open source? I would heartily say "yes", > but I know there are different opinions on the matter. As far as > I'm concerned, the client is paying for a solution to a problem, not > for the software license. If it is useful to others, it should be > publically available for the good of the Trac community > > * the spec should be as precise as possible, though obviously > several passes at discussion will probably usually be necessary to > refine what exactly are the deliverables > > * needless to say, any sort of infrastructure is a means of > connecting client and developer and it is up to THEM (not to this > list, not to as-yet-nonexistant web site, etc) to ensure the > contract is fulfilled. In other words, no real legal protections > are given, though of course if someone faults another person then > the victim will probably want to note this in public forum. > > * is post-install support required? can clients pay for installation/ > setup work? How many bugs and support hours are asked per hack? > What quality assurance is required? > > That's all I have off the top of my head. Assuming I have 6-10 > hours free a week for development, I could do a decently complex > plugin per week at least, just as a typical ballpark figure. My > only real concern is coordination. Because Trac has a pretty good > component architecture, this unfortunately gives rise to doing > fairly substantial things as plugins, which is good in that it makes > Trac really customizable, and bad that it gives rise to a plethora > of duplicate functionality and results in poor coordination, and I > think it is important that Trac core get some strong development as > well as distilling the set of plugins down to as little duplicated > functionality as possible and as much extensibility as possible. > But its an orthogonal issue. > > I'd love to hear what thoughts others have had on this idea.
My general thoughts: 1. Bounty-based only, no bidding. 2. Must state desired license up-front. FOSS is preferred, but not required. 3. Support is separate, ticket bounties are for the request only. 4. Neither the Trac nor Trac-Hacks team will involve themselves in disputes. Any deal is made between the two parties only. --Noah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Users" group. To post to this group, send email to trac-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to trac-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
