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
I vote A.
Ted On Jan 2 2026, at 6:25 pm, Martin Owens doctormo@geek-2.com 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 _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org
I vote A.
On Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM Martin Owens doctormo@geek-2.com 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 _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org
I vote A.
Am 08.01.2026 um 14:06 schrieb Josh Andler scislac@gmail.com:
I vote A.
On Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM Martin Owens doctormo@geek-2.com 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 _______________________________________________ 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
I vote A.
René
Am 03.01.2026 um 01:25 schrieb Martin Owens doctormo@geek-2.com:
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 <bugfix-accelerator-2026.1.odt>_______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org
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 _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org
I'll vote (a) too
Best,
Looks like I only replied to Martin last week.
I will abstain as a possible beneficiary of this proposal.
----- Original Message ----- | From: "Martin Owens" doctormo@geek-2.com | To: inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2026 1:25:54 AM | Subject: [Inkscape-board] Bugfix Accelerator 2026.1 | | 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 | | _______________________________________________ | Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- | inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | To unsubscribe send an email to | inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org |
Thanks everyone,
I'm closing this now, this vote passes, I'll get in touch with pono about the next steps.
-. Tav a. Jonathan a. Marc a. Josh a. Martin a. René /. Ted
Thanks everyone.
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 _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org
Martin,
It appears it somehow got missed, but it shows Ted w/o a vote and he was first to vote A in the thread on my end. It doesn't functionally matter in this case, but yay for lots of eyes. :)
Cheers, Josh
On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 8:54 PM Martin Owens doctormo@geek-2.com wrote:
Thanks everyone,
I'm closing this now, this vote passes, I'll get in touch with pono about the next steps.
-. Tav a. Jonathan a. Marc a. Josh a. Martin a. René /. Ted
Thanks everyone.
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 _______________________________________________ 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
On Sun, 2026-02-01 at 07:55 -0800, Josh Andler wrote:
Martin,
It appears it somehow got missed, but it shows Ted w/o a vote and he was first to vote A in the thread on my end. It doesn't functionally matter in this case, but yay for lots of eyes. :)
Yes, for the record, ted emailed privately and I double checked the listserve log and it showed his vote correctly. My own email service did not receive that email however.
I will check the listserve in future as the canonical truth. 😅️
Martin,
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Martin Owens -
René de Hesselle -
tavmjong＠free.fr -
Ted Gould