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Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress - The Register (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 days ago by WebleyFrog@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

As usual, most people don't contribute back in any way (money, nor code, nor documentation).

[–] WebleyFrog@piefed.social 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Might want to read the article first. Mint has received more donations last month than any on record for them, $47,000.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I read that. How many users do they have? 47k seems like a lot but how many devs does that really pay for? The answer is obviously "not enough". Otherwise they wouldn't be talking about dev pressure.

[–] WebleyFrog@piefed.social 42 points 6 days ago

That amount of money a month is extremely substantial for an open-source project, and especially for a distro. It also far exceeds previous years.

The pressure mostly seems to be from adding wayland support to Cinnamon, combined with perhaps maintaining more projects at too regular an interval than their team can chew.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That amount of money is one developer full time maybe. Which can make a really, really big difference for an Open Source project actually.

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That amount of money is one developer full time maybe

$564,000 / year??? I'd think definitely two, maybe three.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, feels like 3-4.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 5 days ago

You expect everyone to pay for free software?

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 5 days ago

You should probably read the article.

[–] mcSlibinas@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

If there only small percent of contributors from all users count - anyway the more users the more contributors.