On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:01 AM, Hartmut Goebel < h.goe...@crazy-compilers.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm seeking advice how to fund continuous maintenance for an open source > project. > > *Do you have any idea how to fund continuous maintenance for PyInstaller? > Do you have any idea whom or where to ask? > Do you know somebody to help setting up a commercial support/maintenance > model? * > > I'm the (remaining) maintainer of PyInstaller (www.pyinstaller,org). > Currently I'm maintaining PyInstaller in my spare-time. But it's is > getting to much work for working on it for free: the open issue tickets > and pull-requests are piling up. Since PyInstaller is quite mature, > problems are hard to track down and to solve. Thus solving one ticket > often takes half a day or even more. > > I'm already got in tough with the the PSF and the Python Software > Verband (much like PSF, just for Germany), but they have not experience > with this. I also read the PSF grants program, but this doesn't fit for > continous maintenance. I also had a look at bountysource, but the > numbers offered there may be teasers for students, not for professionals > - so I did not follow this road. I plan to add a "donate" page to the > web-site, but I doubt this will bring in noteworthy amounts. > > So I was thinking about some commercial support/maintenance model, but I > have no experience with this. As I'm a freelance consultant already (but > in the information security business), this could be feasible to > implement, if I'd know how to address the commercial users. > > Thanks for any tip! > > *About PyInstaller* > > PyInstaller is the successor of "McMillan Installer", a tool like, > freeze, py2exe, py2app or bbfreeze - but PyInstaller supports Windows, > MacOS and Unix (GN/Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.). PyInstaller is widely > used sa you can see when looking at the issues and on the mailinglist. > E.g. kivy uses/recommends PyInstaller for building Python-Apps for > mobile platforms. > > PyInstaller is also used for commercial applications (as some hints on > the mailinglist or > But most commercial users are unknown. > > *About me* > > I'm based an Germany and developing open source and free software since > about 1990 and using Python since about 1998. Beside of this I developed > software like pdfposter, python-ghostscript, python-managesieve, etc. My > day-job is freelance consultant focused on information security. > > -- > Regards > Hartmut Goebel > > | Hartmut Goebel | h.goe...@crazy-compilers.com | > | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible | > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > You could try reaching out to Michael a Talk Python to Me: https://talkpython.fm/ He may be able to give you a mention on the show or even have you on as a guest. He may also be able to point you in the direction of some sponsors. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
