Recruiting Help for Open Source Projects?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday December 19, 2002 @06:25AM 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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Re:Make some strides yourself by Malcolm+MacArthur · 2002-12-19 06:51 · Score: 5, Interesting
Stats for reference:
Development Status
1. Planning (10899 projects) [28%]
2. Pre-Alpha (7314 projects) [18%]
3. Alpha (6611 projects) [17%]
4. Beta (7936 projects) [20%]
5. Production/Stable (6062 projects) [15%]
6. Mature (641 projects) [2%]
7. Inactive (80 projects) [0.2%]
Percentages rounded up to nearest whole percentage (apart from the last :).
I'd say those stats weren't too bad...