Launchpad bounties

[unbuntu]

Hi,

I see there are many such on launchpad.net. I'm wondering since they are not initiated by the Ubuntu team, would such projects included in Ubuntu once they are implemented?

[tribaal]

Yes.
Actually the bounty is there to stimulate programmers to give code that fixes a particular issue, and then the patch is put into the package, and the package gets downloaded by people through apt-get ;)

It's a nice way to attract freelance programmers, too, since you can make a little money out of it, on top of helping a bunch of people out.

Hope this answers your concern.

- trib'

[Belathor]

How do you had to the dollar value of a bounty? Being able to add other peoples contributions seems like it would be a great way to create larger bounties for developers, hopefully leading to faster development of software, as well being able to attract more developers to open-source. It would be nice if there was an ebay like site for open-source bounty projects where you could run up the bounties for desired applications. (of course it would stay open-source) Just a thought, since I was unable to find this feature in Launchpad. Anyone else think this is a good idea?

Thanks!

[Mathias-K]

How do you had to the dollar value of a bounty? Being able to add other peoples contributions seems like it would be a great way to create larger bounties for developers, hopefully leading to faster development of software, as well being able to attract more developers to open-source. It would be nice if there was an ebay like site for open-source bounty projects where you could run up the bounties for desired applications. (of course it would stay open-source) Just a thought, since I was unable to find this feature in Launchpad. Anyone else think this is a good idea?

Thanks!

I think an easy way for adding a couple of dollars to your arch-hated bug would be nice.

Launchpad has progressed really far since i first saw it in late '05. I think such a feature could be made.

[curuxz]

Kinda like a donation bucket for the community to buy needed software.

I think its a really cool idea, tho I would wonder would certain developers hold back finished products waiting for the bounty to rise ?

[Belathor]

Kinda like a donation bucket for the community to buy needed software.

I think its a really cool idea, tho I would wonder would certain developers hold back finished products waiting for the bounty to rise ?

Good point. However, if set up right I doubt how much problem that will be because if one developer holds out, someone else will beat him to the punch.