Hi all:
It looks like flashrom development leaves a lot to be desired, especially in the form of unmerged patches.
I have seen on the website that donations are not accepted because of the extra paperwork required.
Would something in the way of bug bounties help? I would imagine that those could be payable directly to the person that actually commits the changes, so maybe removing the need for an organisation to exist.
I haven't got any experience in this subject, but these sites look good:
www.bountysource.com freedomsponsors.org
I wonder if enough people would actually come together for a particular bug to be worth fixing in this project.
I understand that money is not the ideal solution, as it can steer trouble in open-source projects. However, if not enough volunteers show up, what are the alternatives? Forking the project makes little sense (at least in my usage case), and buying a commercial programmer is no fun either.
Regards, rdiez
On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:37:24 +0100 "R. Diez" rdiezmail-flashrom@yahoo.de wrote:
Would something in the way of bug bounties help?
I can only speak for myself, but it would not motivate me to work more on flashrom simply because motivation is not the problem and it certainly would not make me work less on my day job (unless it would be nearly what I make there which it would not :).
Hi Ruben,
On 12.01.2016 21:14, Stefan Tauner wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:37:24 +0100 "R. Diez" rdiezmail-flashrom@yahoo.de wrote:
Would something in the way of bug bounties help?
I can only speak for myself, but it would not motivate me to work more on flashrom simply because motivation is not the problem and it certainly would not make me work less on my day job (unless it would be nearly what I make there which it would not :).
Indeed. Those who work on flashrom are very motivated, and the limiting constraint in our case is the very limited spare time we have. It's not even such a big problem to find someone with enough motivation and spare time to write code. The really hard part is reviewing the code to make sure it is 100% bug-free. People expect flashrom to be 100% reliable even if the hardware itself has quirks or is unreliable. That makes reviews so time-consuming and hard.
That said, we do also appreciate people who regularly test flashrom with their hardware. That helps us to verify that not only the core, but also the programmer drivers and chip drivers are solid. Maybe that would be a way you could contribute.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
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