Gnome.org Desktop Integration Bounty Hunt

tempest303 writes "In order to help improve integration between apps on the Gnome desktop, Gnome.org is offering bounties for the completion of a variety of integration tasks. Bounties range from $15, for submitting new .ical files for Evolution 2.0's multiple calendar view, to $2500 for allowing synchronization between Evolution's addressbook with Gaim's buddy list!"

Comments

Re:Really a good idea?

[Brandybuck]

It's even worse with many GTK+ programs sticking to gtk1 instead of moving on to gtk2. Thus you end up with duplicate libraries. For instance, I use Gimp and Dia all the time. But Gimp (stable) is a gtk1 program while Dia is a gtk2 program. So I decided to go to the development version of Gimp to eliminate the redundancy, only to find that Xmms still used gtk1. Aaargh!

a real hacker cannot be stopped by death

[donscarletti]

I never tried hacking while dead, perhaps it could work

Post humous software contribution is not as hard as it seems, you see, you need to have a child or a puppy dog jump over your corpse or get a nip from a friendly member of the coding dead. It allows one to code quite well for as long as one likes, possibly until HURD is usable.

There are a few drawbacks, you must work on evil projects of the night (gnome is actually a good example of this ever since they scrapped sawfish). You also may never see sunlight again, which for a hacker wouldn't make as much difference as it sounds like it should. You also no longer may eat italian food, which makes all but the least authentic varieties of pizza unavailable for lan parties. Diet is also a positive though as sucking the blood from a beautiful virgin's neck is the closest 50% of hackers get to a meaningful relationship.

If you are interested, just let one of the friendly members of our organisation give you a peck. You can find us in star-wars forums under the name "nerds for R-2", it is quite a broadening experience, I assure you.