[htdig-dev] Incentives for finishing HtDig 3.2

[Neal R. <ne...@ri...>]

Hey all,
	McGill University recently contacted the one of the HtDig Board
members to inquire about making some kind of financial arrangement with HtDig
to get 3.2 finished, tested and working with Phrase Searching -- ie quoted strings.

	There are various issues to us accepting any money.. we don't have
a bank account or tax exempt status... but it is possible to get
'retired' hardware to individual developers.

	They mentioned in particular a few Mac G4s.

	So here is the question:

	What do we need to get 3.2 finished and would hardware incentives
help?

	I myself have a couple of things to check in... I apologize for
delaying them.

	Here's my short todo list for 3.2:

	Back out recent changes to mp_alloc.c (Quick)
	Redo the memory leak check & fixes (1-2 Days)

	Please post your TODO list and I'll compile them and post them on
a web-page prioritized for release.  We can then have a short debate and
get to work.

	My personal opinion is that we limit the TODOs to the absolutely
necessary (ie satisfy Geoff's weekly status email) and get it working and
call it 3.2.  Everything else is a new release.

	I'll get my work done this week.

	Thanks.

Neal Richter
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