29 Jan
2026
29 Jan
'26
7:53 p.m.
I'll vote (a) too
Best,
--
Marc
On 1/29/26 8:17 PM, Martin Owens wrote:
> I vote A.
>
> I'll leave this open until the end of the day for Marc, Ted and Tav to
> vote and then close it.
>
> Martin,
>
> On Fri, 2026-01-02 at 19:25 -0500, Martin Owens wrote:
>> Dear Project Leadership,
>>
>> The developer team discussed requesting a fund for bug fixing in the
>> 1.5 branch specifically. This is before a release, it's more about
>> focusing our attention on the many issues in the 1.5 branch and
>> giving
>> us some funding for administration to the bug tracker.
>>
>> Because this may need to be an ongoing program, I will request
>> funding
>> in blocks of three months and we can re-vote the next block on
>> review.
>>
>> I request a budget of $36,000 for 2 x 280 hours of engineering work
>> targeted at bug fixing in the 1.5 release which is approximately 20
>> hours per week.
>>
>> And like last time $13,500 for 180 hours (15 hours per week) of
>> administration, writing, issues management, priorities, testing and
>> merge requests.
>>
>> Total budget: $49,500
>>
>> If fewer hours are used per week they can be used and we don't have
>> to
>> vote quite so soon.
>>
>> The recruitment team will be made up of myself and one other Inkscape
>> member who will not be allowed to bid for the work.
>>
>> We will send out a call for interested and available workers to apply
>> for one of the three positions. Reports and meetings as described in
>> the attached document.
>>
>> a. Approve the budget for BFA 2026.1,
>> b. Disapprove
>> c. Something else
>>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> Best Regards, Martin Owens
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