[rt-users] 'Bounty' model for small development tasks on RT?

[Kris Boutilier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Vincent [mailto:jesse at bestpractical.com]
> Sent: November 17, 2004 10:45 AM
> To: Kris Boutilier
> Cc: rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> Subject: Re: [rt-users] 'Bounty' model for small development tasks on
> RT?
> 
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 01:06:16PM -0800, Kris Boutilier wrote:
> > Other than Best Practical, I sense that there are people who are willing
to
> > do for-fee development on RT. Where do such people congregate and, if
they
> > congregate here, is the 'feature bounty' method considered an accepted
> > practice for work on RT?
> 
> Kris,
> 
> The RT mailing lists aren't really a commercial place.  We (Best
> Practical) try fairly hard not to "push" our services on the 
> mailing lists and users don't generally solicit RT-related consulting
services here.
> That said, Best Practical is available for any RT-related development
> work you need. To get in touch with us about quoting a particular bit
> of work, email us at sales at bestpractical.com.  It's my understanding
> that outside developers doing perl work (RT or otherwise) are 
> most often paid hourly as consultants, rather than a flat fee for a 
> 'feature'.  If, for some reason, you're not interested in working with us
to do work
> for you, I've heard that folks have had good luck with jobs.perl.org
> for recruiting perl hackers.
> 

Ah... I see I should have thought a little bit more before I dashed off that
email. I did not intend to imply that we didn't want to deal with (or had
any issues whatsoever with) Best Practical. In point of fact I remain very
impressed with Best Practical, RT and the community surrounding it. :-)

Rather, I was just trying to scope out the development processeses
surrounding RT. We've been moving towards integrating various open source
products as part of our core operations and a frequent question from upper
management about open source products is 'who can support this thing', 'what
if they go away - Microsoft isn't about to' and so on. Obviously Best
Practical are ready and willing with their support offerings, however our
internal discussions have also made mention of bounties, contract
development and so on used in GPL'ed products. I was simply trying to scope
out the roll, if any, 'bounties' play in the development of RT.

Sorry if I raised anyones hackles. Again, certainly not my intention.

Kris Boutilier
Information Systems Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Regional District