On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 at 06:11 A.M. Kuchling amk@amk.ca wrote:
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 07:45:05AM -0500, Eric V. Smith wrote:
Channeling Nick, I'd say that LTS support should come from commercial
third
parties, such as OS vendors. I agree with Antoine: it's not something we want to impose on the core devs. How much fun is 2.7 maintenance?
Are there any core developers who have Patreon accounts for monthly donations? Examples from more Linux-y projects:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/duplicates/5omtvg/patreons_to_support_open_so...
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.
I think this is the next frontier for Python maintenance; we need full-time core maintainers, no third parties are funding any such developers, and the PSF doesn't seem interested in pursuing that.
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.