I'm not using up the hours nearly as fast as Daniel. At my current pace, I've got a couple of months left (recall, I started a month earlier).
Tav
----- Original Message ----- | From: "Martin Owens" doctormo@gmail.com | To: "Jonathan Neuhauser" jonathan.neuhauser@outlook.com, "Inkscape Board" inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 8:49:10 AM | Subject: [Inkscape-board] Question: Gtk4 Contract | | Jonathan, | | Now that we have this vote for Daniel, what's the status of Tav's | contract? Does it end at the same time as Daniels? Are there any | plans | to extend that contract or is that playing out differently? | | Best Regards, Martin Owens | | On Fri, 2023-09-29 at 06:47 +0200, Jonathan Neuhauser wrote: | > Dear PLC, | > | > this is a vote to extend Daniel Boles' contract for another two | > months | > (320 hours) and allocate additional budget at the request of the | > development team. | > | > Background: | > | > - Daniel was originally hired for the GTK4 migration. This is | > making | > good progress: as of now, the development team estimates that a | > first | > version of Inkscape that builds with GTK4 will be available around | > the | > time his current contract ends. | > - By all accounts, the progress has been very steady, also | > including | > general code cleanups which however did not distract him from his | > main | > task. We were impressed by his knowledge, speed, and contribution | > quality. By now, Daniel has 174 MRs merged. | > - However, there are will be no more hours to spend for debugging, | > fixing regressions, and upstream bugs. Daniel now has in-depth | > knowledge | > of Inkscape's codebase as well as his GTK4 expertise. He would be a | > very | > valuable asset going forward, so we feel it would be great to have | > him | > available for some additional time. | > - He has expressed interest to take on a permanent position | > somewhere | > and in that case would finish the contract part-time. This might be | > an | > even better deal for us, as he can take on a "consultant / | > technical | > support" role, on an as-needed basis, e.g. fixing difficult bugs | > and | > helping other contributors to move their work to GTK4. This is | > possible | > under the terms of his (current) contract: it allows to submit | > invoices | > over the course of a year, for a total of 320 hours. The same model | > would apply to the extension of his contract. | > - If he - which we currently don't expect - runs out of work | > related | > to | > GTK4, there's enough other technical debt that he can work on. | > | > Ballot: | > | > a) Extend Daniel Boles' contract for another two months (320 hours) | > under the same conditions as his previous contracts; the work items | > will | > be (ordered by priority, as time permits) | > - finishing the GTK4 migration, | > - fix regressions in the GTK4 build of Inkscape, including upstream | > work, | > - assist other contributors in updating their work for GTK4 if | > requested, | > - work on other technical debt in the Inkscape codebase | > and allocate $16,000 for his compensation. | > | > b) Don't extend Daniel Boles' contract. | > | > c) Other: ______ | > | > Best regards, | > Jonathan | > _______________________________________________ | > Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- | > inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | > To unsubscribe send an email to | > inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org | _______________________________________________ | Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- | inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | To unsubscribe send an email to | inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org |