[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Bug Bounty
Michael Niedermayer
michaelni
Sat Jan 30 01:57:51 CET 2010
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 07:09:16PM -0500, Vitor Sessak wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> Hi
>> As our foundation is apparently nearing fully functional status.
>> Heres my first suggestion of what to do with some of the donations
>> Dear gentelflamers may i present to you today my proposal of bug bounties,
>> The idea behind it is to dispose of the many old bugs that dont seem to
>> receive the attention they should.
>> Suggested rules:
>> * Only reproduceable bugs and reproduceable fixes are eligible
>> * The fix must reach main ffmpeg svn (and not be reverted at the spot;)
>> that also implicates proper & clean fixes only
>> * Duplicate bugs are not eligible, if a fix fixes 3 bugs only the highest
>> of the 3 bounties is payed.
>> * The rules and bounties can be changed by the developers of ffmpeg
>> through
>> a vote or by the project leader.
>> * People must keep track of their own bounties and notify the treassurer
>> within 1 month of closing the respective bug.
>> Suggested bountie:
>> * IF Bug older than 24 month: 40 Euro (there are 15 such bugs
>> currently)
>> * ELSE IF Bug older than 12 month: 20 Euro (there are 59 such bugs
>> currently)
>> * ELSE IF Bug older than 6 month: 10 Euro (there are 88 such bugs
>> currently)
>> If all these bugs where fixed this would coast the foundation 2660 Euro.
>> In that sense it appears a nice thing, fix all bugs older than 6 month for
>> 2k6
>
> Even too nice, fixing 162 bugs for 2k6 EUR looks somewhat cheap. I'd
> suggest multiplying it by 2...
i agree but does the foundation have that amount available?
anyway here are my updated rule suggestions (changes marked with +)
* Only reproduceable bugs and reproduceable fixes are eligible
* The fix must reach main ffmpeg svn (and not be reverted at the spot;)
that also implicates proper & clean fixes only
* Duplicate bugs are not eligible, if a fix fixes 3 bugs only the highest
of the 3 bounties is payed.
* The rules and bounties can be changed by the developers of ffmpeg
through a vote or by the project leader.
* People must keep track of their own bounties and notify the treassurer
within 1 month of closing the respective bug.
+* Money is only payed as far as it is available to the foundation, no
+ money will be payed if the foundation runs out of it
Suggested bounties:
+ Each bug older than 1 month receives 2 Euro per month of age
with above bounty rule the following payments would be reached:
# age $ cummulative amount of payment for younger bugs
26 1 52 52
16 2 64 116
18 3 108 224
21 4 168 392
12 5 120 512
14 6 168 680
26 7 364 1044
16 8 256 1300
15 9 270 1570
7 10 140 1710
11 11 242 1952
5 12 120 2072
3 13 78 2150
3 14 84 2234
5 15 150 2384
8 16 256 2640
10 17 340 2980
5 18 180 3160
5 19 190 3350
4 20 160 3510
1 21 42 3552
6 22 264 3816
4 23 184 4000
1 24 48 4048
1 26 52 4100
3 27 162 4262
2 28 112 4374
4 29 232 4606
2 30 120 4726
2 31 124 4850
That means fixing all open&new bugs older than 1 month would coast the
foundation 4850euro
from that ~500 euros would go to bugs yonger than 6 month and the rest to
the older bugs. This suggestion thus increases the amount bugs would result
in relative to the previous suggestion.
[...]
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