Re: New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes)

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com> writes:

>>> Eli, have you considered using GSC to get volunteers for 
>>> implementing some moderately difficult Emacs features? Since 
>>> GSC provides financial incentive, it may be possible to get 
>>> student volunteers.
>>
>> I can only say that it would be harder for a casual contributor 
>> to do a GSoC-style job for Emacs than for other projects, 
>> because Emacs has a lot of specialized needs and requirements 
>> that take time to learn.  But maybe this is not an obstacle.
>
> Does GSC have an 'avenue' for working on bugfixes rather than 
> features?

AFAIK, no. It is based on well-defined projects.
Some nontrivial bugfixes may be worth a whole project, but I doubt that
having a goal like "close N bugs" will qualify.

> I know that's not where this thread started, and it's 
> significantly less glamorous, but the requirements for a bugfix 
> tend to be more immediately clear than a 'library'.

If we aim for volunteers to fix bugs, it should probably be some other
funding scheme; not GSoC. I am not aware about anything existing.
The only somewhat relevant thing I recall was crowdfunding scheme like
code bounty (proposed in the past on the list), but that is also more
suitable for new features.

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