{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1654pkuj4rway0043gcu6rdh4umxescp7ew42d2czqvts3kwvg3esc48xrx","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1654pkuj4rway0043gcu6rdh4umxescp7ew42d2czqvts3kwvg3esc48xrx","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2011-07-27\n🗒️ Summary of this message: Suggestion to offer BTC bounties for fixing bugs on the bug tracker to encourage more bug-fixing and testing of existing functionality.\n📝 Original message:Perhaps even add a way for anyone add to the bounty attached to a bug on\nthe bug tracker? Also, a listing page for bugs with their bounties might\nbe nice too.\n\n- Joel\n\nOn Wed, 2011-07-27 at 06:40 +0000, John Smith wrote:\n\u003e \n\u003e On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Gavin Andresen\n\u003e \u003cgavinandresen at gmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e         Anybody have advice on how to encourage more bug-fixing and\n\u003e         testing of existing functionality instead of\n\u003e         yet-more-features? \n\u003e \n\u003e Make a list of bugs. Offer BTC bounties for fixing each one according\n\u003e to how serious/difficult it is. They don't have to be high, just a few\n\u003e BTC. It'll also help people get interested in the project and\n\u003e *current* source base (instead of wanting to implement Yet Another\n\u003e Incomplete Client from scratch).\n\u003e \n\u003e Or we could do the same as the mozilla/chrome projects, offer bounties\n\u003e for finding new security holes and serious bugs.\n\u003e \n\u003e A policy like \"that spiffy new feature you want won't be considered\n\u003e until you've helped close some open bugs\" won't work. This is open\n\u003e source, people can just make their own fork with the spiffy new\n\u003e feature without fixing any bugs.\n\u003e \n\u003e JS\n\u003e \n\u003e \n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e Got Input?   Slashdot Needs You.\n\u003e Take our quick survey online.  Come on, we don't ask for help often.\n\u003e Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek.\n\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey\n\u003e _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development"}