Hi Detlef - I think Christoph has already submitted the application to
the fund, in somewhat different form than the one you commented
on. There are some subsequent msgs between he and I on the list. (In
short, I basically agree[d] with all your comments. We probably didn't
get everything right for the submission, but hopefully close enough.)
We need a list of "todo projects", similar to what is available for
projects, who apply for Google Summer of Code.
There are, in fact, no such projects. Maintenance is not the same as
summer of code.
What I put near the top of the https://gnu.org/s/automake web page,
years ago, was a link to a message I wrote that said, basically, "please
look at the open bug list if you're willing to help".
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2021-03/msg00018.html
Zack wrote:
I'd suggest that the most useful way for a new contributor to help
at this time is to analyze the backlog of bug reports.
That's a good point.
I guess I should combine that idea with my post and recast it as a web
page in the automake directory. Or maybe this is something a volunteer
would like to do :)?
BTW, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Bogdan, who
spontaneously came forward a couple years ago and has, indeed, analyzed
a ton of reports, written good patches for a bunch, and generally been
extremely helpful in keeping Automake going.
Happy hacking to all,
Karl
