Giovanni> And, in turn, this was in the context of hiring 6-10 people as
Giovanni> the only acceptable minimum to maintain and admin a bug
Giovanni> tracker.
Who said anything about "hiring"? I don't believe anyone expects any of the
6-10 people to work full-time (well, except for you it would appear). I
help moderate a number of Python-related mailing lists hosted on
mail.python.org. I also do a microscopic amount of bug triage for a couple
smallish modules in the standard distribution, have pitched in a bit to help
with the website (though don't anymore) and used to help a little bit with
administration of the various python.org machines. I certainly have never
spent anything approaching full-time for any of these tasks, not even when
measured over short time periods. A few minutes here. An hour there. Many
people contribute way more time to the overall endeavor than I do, and I
applaud them for their dedication. I haven't ever been paid nor have I ever
expected to be paid. It's a spare time activity, a way to contribute to
Python even when I can't do more.
At times I have come and gone as well, mostly depending on the constraints
of work and family obligations and my instantaneous enthusiasm for the
project. If I'd rather read a book, work on my car or watch TV, that's ok.
I don't feel guilty for the idle time I don't spend working on Python. I
know there are many other people there to cover for what little bit of work
I am not doing. I suspect that is how most people approach any of the
myriad tasks involved with getting Python out the door and keeping it
current. I think that was also the intent of the "6-10 people" phrase. If
you have lots of people available to pitch in, no one person's absence is a
show stopper.
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