| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Commitfest problems |
| Date: | 2014-12-12 19:44:53 |
| Message-ID: | 548B45B5.2050903@commandprompt.com |
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On 12/12/2014 11:35 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> We (not CMD, the community) with proper incentive could fund this. It really
>> wouldn't be that hard. That said, there would have to be a clear
>> understanding of expectations, results, and authority.
>
> Uh, really?
Yeah I think so. Money can be easy to get, when clear leadership and
goals are presented.
> Last I looked at the numbers from SPI treasurer reports,
> they are not impressive enough to hire a full-time engineer, let alone a
> senior one.
1. We don't need a full-time engineer to manage a commitfest. We need a
manager or PM.
2. The original idea came from cross-company (which is part of the
community)
3. There is more non-profits in this game than just SPI
4. We could do it on a 6 month for 1 year contract
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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