LibreTime Development Priorities

[gusaus]

@robbt

If you know of any grants that we could apply for or people with deep pockets that want to give money to open-source projects with no return then raising funds might work.

I think the ideal would be to add grants to the sustainer toolkit and make all of it part of the Open Collective sponsored sustainer initiative.

@robbt

Figuring out how to get the various people who are using it to donate and sustain the project seems like the most logical step

Creating perks and campaigns on LibreTime - Open Collective could be a responsibility of the sustainers. OpenProducer would be part of the sustainer collaboration and also reaching out to potential participants for this beta.

@gusaus

There seems to be a consensus that @robbt @hairmare and @paddatrapper could use some help getting the 3.0 release out the door (assuming that’s the priority). If we had a sense of the amount of time they’re able to commit (see above) we could then determine who/what we need.

This is the main thing the LibreTime maintainers need to figure out. What will help you release 3.0.0 in a timely manner? Will funds enable you to spend more time? Would it help to have another maintainer involved? Ideally, how much combined time per week should be spent on LibreTime development.

I’d recommend a budget for one full-time developer (which could be split between maintainers and contributors) as a goal.

Coming up with the transparent process for allocating funds could be another thing led by the sustainer team.

Does that kinda make sense?