Joel Joonatan Kaartinen [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2011-07-27 šļø Summary of this message: A developer ...
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Original date posted:2011-07-27
šļø Summary of this message: A developer expresses concern about sharing progress on a tricky bug for fear of losing credit or reward, but others suggest sharing to avoid duplication.
š Original message:On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 08:45 +1000, Gavin Andresen wrote:
> For example, if somebody has figured out how to solve 90% of some
> tricky bug I don't want them to hesitate to ask for help on the last
> 10% because they're worried "if I describe the progress I've made so
> far somebody might swoop in and steal my bounty...."
Well, the bounty thing can't be automated, so, wouldn't publishing the
work you've done up to then by, for example, mailing this list, pretty
much guarantee someone else couldn't claim they fixed it all by
themselves anymore?
It could, however, end up with some quarrels about how much of the
bounty to give and to whom. Those are not nice things to have.
- Joel
šļø Summary of this message: A developer expresses concern about sharing progress on a tricky bug for fear of losing credit or reward, but others suggest sharing to avoid duplication.
š Original message:On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 08:45 +1000, Gavin Andresen wrote:
> For example, if somebody has figured out how to solve 90% of some
> tricky bug I don't want them to hesitate to ask for help on the last
> 10% because they're worried "if I describe the progress I've made so
> far somebody might swoop in and steal my bounty...."
Well, the bounty thing can't be automated, so, wouldn't publishing the
work you've done up to then by, for example, mailing this list, pretty
much guarantee someone else couldn't claim they fixed it all by
themselves anymore?
It could, however, end up with some quarrels about how much of the
bounty to give and to whom. Those are not nice things to have.
- Joel