On Jan 22, 2008, at 11:15 AM, edward baafi wrote:

>  Hi Paul,
> 
>  Would a bounty help?  Meaning, I'd put up some money to get the
>  xulrunner+pyxpcom build system up-to-snuff on the trunk and on
>  autopilot?
> 
>  Sure, why not?
> 
>  If so, is there a reasonable population of people that might be
>  willing to do it for an amount that isn't in 4 digits? :^)  Or, is it
>  a very small group that has a high commercial rate for which they're
>  fully booked?
> 
> 
>  I'm pretty busy and don't usually take on projects for less than 4  
>  digits :) but this could really help the community so I guess I'd  
>  consider it..
> 
>  I don't know what the state of the pyxpcom community is, but why  
>  don't you put together a spec and a price and post it and see (to  
>  this list as well as some of the bounty sites)..  I guess I'm  
>  wondering what would help you and most people get started quickly..   
>  Would it be a build system that works reliably but still takes a few  
>  hours on a modern machine, or pre-built executables targeted for  
>  Windows/Linux/MacOSX?

I like the nightly trunk builds:

   http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/nightly/latest- 
trunk/

If I could get that, just for trunk, but with:

- A few patches applied

- PyXPCOM and a bundled Python

....then I'd be happy.  Regarding whether the bounty is "a script that  
when run on my computer, produces a DMG" or "a site that automatically  
builds for all targets and uploads", I'd say the latter is way, way  
too big for discussion. :^)

I'd pay $600 to get a really-working version of that.  However, I'm a  
bit worried that xulrunner+python isn't a proposition that, once  
working now, would stay working later.  I don't get the sense that  
someone feels long-term ownership towards it.  There are many who have  
contributed incredible work on incredibly hard stuff, but keeping the  
bits working isn't a primary activity for them.

--Paul