From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 18 19:07:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC831065672; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mozolevsky@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D5EE8FC1B; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbdx13 with SMTP id x13so3735800pbd.13 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:07:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=YXZP+GbJatewIMKsIrFON4YnW66x6ORAaGHnwfWJYck=; b=hdNT9AX+VLxhX0gheEykGlPFkmW1OFBjkxqcqOEWLaAx+9vKXwDE7Xzl3qGbTWlfNo s5sdJI1Fzc+Uplnv3zk/0tY/Iz/czFMV6u+Di7LfRW7W09MuklGE+mSbwPviy4pZ58MO UDtxzbT4oPD8mo+yukKaUUPxVo+bdQ1X3RBQ8= Received: by 10.68.73.138 with SMTP id l10mr45411459pbv.65.1326913653108; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:07:33 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mozolevsky@gmail.com Received: by 10.68.28.199 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:06:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4F15C44F.1030208@freebsd.org> <1326836797.1669.234.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <4F16019F.2060300@FreeBSD.org> <1326843399.1669.249.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <4F160B99.1060001@FreeBSD.org> <4F16900A.90905@FreeBSD.org> <4F170623.4080006@freebsd.org> From: Igor Mozolevsky Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:06:52 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: SIl3URBHwKPdRvLJngDfmTQFxJY Message-ID: To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson , Andriy Gapon , Ian Lepore Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:07:33 -0000 On 18 January 2012 18:27, Adam Vande More wrote: > I've suggested this before without much response, but since this thread > seems to be encouraging repetition I'll give it another go.=C2=A0 ;) > > I think a bounty system would be very effective(e.g. micro-donations of > recent political campaigns) in getting many of these problems resolved.= =C2=A0 The > main problem with a bounty system is getting people to pay since certain > needs/desires lose their urgency over time.=C2=A0 To address this, the sy= stem > needs to be an escrow type setup where money is pooled until project is > complete, then payment in full is given. This has a lot of problems in itself: people would just turn around and say that bugs will not get fixed unless they get hard cash for the fix, or FreeBSD might end up in the situation where devs get paid to fix the bugs they introduced, deliberately or innocently, essentially getting paid to fix their own sloppy code, which is not that great either. -- Igor M.