<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 at 06:11 A.M. Kuchling <<a href="mailto:amk@amk.ca">amk@amk.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 07:45:05AM -0500, Eric V. Smith wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
> Channeling Nick, I'd say that LTS support should come from commercial third<br class="gmail_msg">
> parties, such as OS vendors. I agree with Antoine: it's not something we<br class="gmail_msg">
> want to impose on the core devs. How much fun is 2.7 maintenance?<br class="gmail_msg">
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Are there any core developers who have Patreon accounts for monthly<br class="gmail_msg">
donations? Examples from more Linux-y projects:<br class="gmail_msg">
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/duplicates/5omtvg/patreons_to_support_open_source_projects_please/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/duplicates/5omtvg/patreons_to_support_open_source_projects_please/</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have yet to see anyone reach a level high enough to support themselves. The people that I have seen use these approaches and make a living are bloggers that also sell advertising and merchandise.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br class="gmail_msg">
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I think this is the next frontier for Python maintenance; we need<br class="gmail_msg">
full-time core maintainers, no third parties are funding any such<br class="gmail_msg">
developers, and the PSF doesn't seem interested in pursuing that.<br class="gmail_msg"></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've talked to the PSF about this and it isn't a lack of desire, it's a lack of funds. The PSF wants to have at least a couple of years worth of salary in the bank before taking on any employee and I suspect the salary that would be required isn't a small sum.</div></div></div>