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_source_projects_please/

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.