Adding 2 more things that I think could use some sponsorship: * someone to provide improved responsiveness for issues, pending bugifxes, and unreleased bugfixes via GitHub, mailing list, and Slack * improve the documentation ** p l e a s e **
On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 12:25 PM Chris Brody <chris.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Adding CodeFund.io and Bountysource > > I am also not so happy that the footer of cordova.apache.org (redirect > from cordova.io) has a link for sponsorship of *ASF* (Apache) but not > this project that we have worked so hard to maintain. I have made some > personal sacrifices for the sake of well-being in the past, looks like > others have done the same. > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html#FundsGo makes it > clear that this kind of sponsorship goes to non-code things. I think > we need to make this clear on our own website, assuming we want to > keep this link at all. > > I am adding another comment that in this day and age, dev > infrastructure has become extremely affordable and free in many cases. > Especially for mobile app development which is the obvious purpose of > this project. > > I think we should take the following next steps: > > * Raise one or more PRs to either clarify what the existing ASF > "sponsorship" means or remove it from the Cordova web page > * raise and pin a new issue in > https://github.com/apache/cordova/issues with a title such as > "sustainability" or "sponsorship" where we can raise the > sustainability issue for public awareness and discussion > * consider adding a pointer to the home page for the sake of public awareness > * raise this discussion with the Apache board (I am not sure which part) > * keep a list of possible fundraising opportunities pending the approval > > In terms of personal sacrifices, I have taken multiple client project > delays in the past in order to help resolve the most urgent issues. > Unfortunately I am not in a good position to make this kind of a > sacrifice at this time. > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:13 AM julio cesar sanchez > <jcesarmob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Since Cordova is an Apache project, I don't think we can apply to tidelift, > > we should ask first. > > > > For individuals there are the mentioned github sponsors, patreon, searching > > a company willing to pay a person to work on the project, and probably more > > that I'm not aware of. > > > > > > El mié., 25 sept. 2019 a las 20:59, Chris Brody (<chris.br...@gmail.com>) > > escribió: > > > > > Thanks Julio. I just tried the link and was told to join a waitlist:( > > > > > > Similar results from Tidelift at this time: > > > > > > - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-android > > > - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-ios > > > - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-cli > > > - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-lib > > > - https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/cordova-common > > > > > > I think this kind of sponsorship is pretty badly needed in order to keep > > > up > > > with competitive frameworks such as Capacitor and React Native which *do* > > > seem to have strong corporate backing and other advantages such as: > > > > > > - no need to wait for a non-standard "device ready" event > > > - easy-to-understand MIT licensing terms > > > > > > I do think that Apache Cordova continues to have some major advantages to > > > offer including: > > > > > > - Cordova seems to have *much less* JavaScript and native code per > > > platform than Capacitor and React Native > > > - Cordova has an extremely strong user community and would be in a very > > > strong position to drive standardization of plugin APIs, in a similar > > > fashion to the way that Node.js drives its N-API that works across > > > itself > > > and Electron > > > > > > Given these advantages, I would really hate to see Cordova die out due to > > > a > > > lack of resources so badly needed. > > > > > > Without sponsorship, I am in a position to contributed *very limited time* > > > to > > > help with the backlog. > > > > > > If sponsored, I may not be the most "affordable", but I do think my years > > > of experience could provide some excellent value for the entire user > > > community. > > > > > > Thanks and best regards, > > > > > > Chris Brody > > > > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbrody/ > > > > > > https://chrisbrody.com/ > > > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:06 PM julio cesar sanchez < > > > jcesarmob...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Maybe you/they can apply here https://github.com/sponsors > > > > > > > > > > > > El mié., 10 abr. 2019 a las 18:27, Chris Brody (<chris.br...@gmail.com>) > > > > escribió: > > > > > > > > > This wonderful project is maintained by a bunch of hard-working > > > > > volunteers. I think the worst issue is that not enough time is devoted > > > > > to the much needed bug fixes, dependency updates, documentation, and > > > > > other maintenance work needed. > > > > > > > > > > At the same time there is plenty of talent available to do this kind > > > > > of work if sponsored. I am also available for short-term projects of > > > > > this nature. I am unfortunately not able to continue with active > > > > > maintenance for free at this time. > > > > > > > > > > Given the level of industrial usage I think it should be no problem to > > > > > find and manage the corporate sponsorship that could really help keep > > > > > Cordova at a consistently top-notch quality level. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org