On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 05:51:28PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
Would it make sense to pay for "Person X" to become a developer and have them be in charge of signing packages or would it make more sense to try to get some sort of Inkscape developer account?
Yes, I have been thinking for a while we need to establish Platform Managers, whose focus would be achieving the best user experience on that particular platform. Platforms would be Windows, Mac, Ubuntu, RedHat, etc.
These individuals would not be literal developers necessarily, nor would hold any sort of responsibility for fixing bugs or writing packaging scripts. But they'd need to have a good handle on the state of the package for that platform, know the top 10 platform-specific bugs off the top of their head, and generally be most knowledgeable about what knobs and levers need to be pulled to get Inkscape up and running on their platform. They would need to care about like presenting a good entry in that platform's app store, etc.
This person would also be the contact point for the platform, for things like package signing and app store accounts and so on.
Then, at release time, they'd have a voice in helping decide release-blockers and timing for release announcements and so forth. This way, if a platform lacks a volunteer to act as platform manager, we don't block on that platform's issues for release decisions.
Bryce