Dear PLC,

the developer team requests to repeat the sucessful 2023 Bugfix accelerator program in 2024 with a few upgrades as discussed in last week's developer meeting.

Background: see attached document, but to give you a summary of the changes:

• No fixed list of contractors at the time of the vote; instead Call for applications like with the GTK4 internal contractor + hiring team.
  

• Scenario of a contractor dropping out is explicitly covered; extension for the 1.4.x release series contained in the proposal.

• Clarification that the selection of issues to work on is done primarily by the project.

• Simplification of contract section.

As for other major expenses from contracting in 2024, my grants proposal is still awaiting SFC review.

Ballot:

a) Repeat the bugfix accelerator program under the conditions outlined in the proposal; allocate USD 20'000 to it.

b) No bugfix accelerator program in 2024.

c) Other: ______

Best regards,
Jonathan
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