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Recruiting Help for Open Source Projects?

Posted by Cliff on from the opensouce-wants-YOU dept.

AsparagusChallenge asks: "Let's say that I do have an open source project. I've setup a CVS on SourceForge, made release announcements on freshmeat, placed a nice webpage and a message board to discuss CVS commits. That said, what's the best way to attract talented people to help with development? I'd like to hear comments from people that have started their own projects and have got more people to work with them. What are the best channels to find volunteers, how to ask for testers, forming a team and so on. Note that I'm not advertising my project; what I'm asking for are general hints."

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  1. Thank you everybody by AsparagusChallenge · · Score: 4, Informative

    >>>Make a really good product...

    I expect to be doing it :)

    >>>Do you know that sourceforge has a "Project Help Wanted" forum, right?

    Well, that's why was I asking. I'd like to hear experiences of other people with that kind of things.

    >>>Get something usable (or at least a proof of concept) working

    Working code ready.

    >>>Four, Usenet.

    That's something I still have to try, thanks.

    >>>go ahead and tell us what your project is

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/elcad/
    Please don't slashdot my poor homepage :)
    I didn't want to appear as simply promoting, but thanks for asking.

    >>>I think one of the reasons that people build open source projects is to prove themselves

    I have high expectations about that project, and can't find the time for fixing autoconf, setting .deb packages correctly, building a user interface, and that's just what I've found until now. I don't think that the "lone programmer" paradigm will be enough for it.