[pytest-dev] [core] Tidelift Funding

[Anthony Sottile]

> Hi Floris,
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 2:25 PM Floris Bruynooghe <flub at devork.be> wrote:
>
> > Why the rules about active?  Seems complicated and more open to
> > arguing.  I liked the Pillow guidelines you linked:
> > https://github.com/orgs/pytest-dev/teams/contributors can express
> > interest and https://github.com/orgs/pytest-dev/teams/core decides on
> > split (which I guess can be anything from 0% to 100%).  With the same
> > assumption that the core members are reasonable that should end up as
> > roughly the same.
> >
> > Mind you in practice I have no issue with the above proposal of people
> > right now, but would also not mind if e.g. hpk or ronny wanted to be
> > part right now (I'll pass myself).  Likewise there are probably cases
> > where I wouldn't mind people not in core being paid for some time.
> >
>
> I wrote those "rules" just to come up with a solid proposal in the e-mail,
> but I do like yours better. Letting developers opt-in to a share is fair
> and reasonable, certainly.
>
> I think we should even always split the funding evenly between those opting
> to receive it, to further avoid any arguing on that.
>
> But in general I'm +1, let's make it happen if there's anyone interested
> > in getting paid.
> >
>
> Great, let's see what others think.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruno.

I think TideLift seems like a good step in the right direction -- also
agree on the "active" bit being the most difficult to resolve here --
where possible let's adhere to the simplest-as-possible here -- I like
the opt-in approach proposed above :thumbsup:

Anthony