[haiku] Re: Announcement: Two new development contracts!
- From: Jerry Babione <jerry.babione@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:28:46 -0500
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Sean Collins <smc.collins@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Matt Madia wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> For anyone that doesn't visit the website frequently, I'm pleased to
>> announce two new development contracts!
>>
>> >From http://www.haiku-os.org/news/**2012-08-20_two_contractors_**
>> each_two_months<http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2012-08-20_two_contractors_each_two_months>:
>>
>> Two contractors, each for two months!
>> ------------------------------**-------
>> That's right -- Oliver Tappe and Ingo Weinhold have been accepted for
>> individual contracts![1, 2] Each of them will be working for two 160
>> hour periods. That adds up to an additional 640 hours of dedicated
>> HAIKU development time for a total cost of €8,000 EUR. The area of
>> focus will be Haiku's package management. (See "A brief summary of
>> HAIKU's package management"[3] for an explanation of how package
>> management will work.)
>>
>> Hopefully, these contracts will start in Dec. 2012. Given the delay
>> between this announcement and the expected start date, there will be
>> another reminder upon the actual start of the contracts. (Or if
>> something unexpected comes up, an announcement for that.)
>>
>> As both expect to start at the same time, this could be a tremendous
>> productivity boost. Not only will they both have the opportunity to
>> dedicate large blocks of time specifically for developing Haiku, but
>> each of them will be working on the same project! Both of their minds
>> would be in tune with their immediate tasks at hand and the larger
>> picture. That would make bouncing ideas (and obstacles) off of each
>> other that much more effective. It is specifically the nature of
>> Haiku, Inc.'s contracts that fosters this type of cooperative
>> development in a for-pay scenario. Instead of simply rewarding the
>> completion of a product (without care for the implementation or the
>> implications of future works), these contracts allow the developers
>> to ensure their contribution is implemented with the future of the
>> project in mind.
>>
>> As there are over 2,000 open tickets for R1[4], there clearly are
>> numerous areas of Haiku that are in need of improvement. However, so
>> long as the contract proposals are for R1 items, it is not the
>> practice of Haiku, Inc. to give preferential treatment to particular
>> projects. Haiku, Inc. is always interested in receiving contract
>> proposals.
>>
>> If you appreciate these contracts and want to see additional
>> contracts to accelerate the development of HAIKU R1, then spread the
>> word and donate today[5]!
>>
>>
>> 1: //www.freelists.org/post/**haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-**
>> Package-Management,7<//www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management,7>
>> 2: //www.freelists.org/post/**haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-**
>> Package-Management,9<//www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management,9>
>> 3: https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/**mmadia/2012-08-20_brief_**
>> summary_haikus_package_**management<https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mmadia/2012-08-20_brief_summary_haikus_package_management>
>> 4:
>> http://dev.haiku-os.org/query?**status=!closed&milestone=R1<http://dev.haiku-os.org/query?status=%21closed&milestone=R1>
>> 5:
>> http://www.haiku-inc.org/**donations.html<http://www.haiku-inc.org/donations.html>
>>
>>
>> --mmadia
>>
>>
>>
>>
> This is excelent news, I saw this on the list a few days ago and was
> happily surprised.
>
> Congrats to Haiku inc. What type of obligation monetarily would Ingo &
> Oliver need to consider a longer contract period to push for beta ? Having
> a funding goal would help with soliciting for donations. Still excellent
> news !
>
> Sean
>
>
Verry Good News.
--
Jerry Babione
Founder-Just Plain Folks Org. Inc.
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