Re: [Gumstix-users] Bounties

[Jay P. <jay...@tr...>]

I've never heard of a bounty program before. It sounds like a good idea.

-----------------------------------------------------
Jay Phillips
Tronix LLC - http://tronixllc.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: gum...@li...
[mailto:gum...@li...] On Behalf Of Steve
Sakoman
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:22 AM
To: General mailing list for gumstix users.
Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Bounties

No responses!

Does this mean folks think bounties are a bad idea?  Or maybe just
that no one has ever seen a bounty program they like?

Steve

On Feb 7, 2008 9:04 AM, Steve Sakoman <sa...@gm...> wrote:
> We'd like to encourage folks to help add features and fix bugs in
> gumstix-oe, so we are considering offering "store credit" bounties.
>
> The current thinking is that we will post a short wish list of items
> on the bounties page at www.gumstix.net, along with the size of the
> bounty for the person who implements the feature/fix.  We'll add to
> the list as time goes on and items fall off.
>
> There are a lot of logistical issues to resolve before we can do this:
>
>   - acceptance criteria
>   - how do we handle multiple submissions?  first received, best
> solution, sign up ahead of time to prevent multiple submissions?
>   - how do we set the value on the bounty? set low initially and raise
> it over time, bidding?
>
> Has anyone had experience with a particularly well run open source
> bounty programs?  We'd like to avoid inventing this from scratch if
> there are some really good programs that we can emulate.
>
> Steve
>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
gumstix-users mailing list
gum...@li...
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users