tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post8973749020516679741..comments2024-03-11T12:50:02.036+01:00Comments on PyPy Status Blog: Accelerating PyPy development by fundingCarl Friedrich Bolz-Tereickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518922641059511014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-6344019630100204972010-01-06T06:18:28.632+01:002010-01-06T06:18:28.632+01:00Have you considered moving to any sort of DVCS (Hg...Have you considered moving to any sort of DVCS (Hg, Git, etc)? Or, given your current management style, does a centralized VCS or a DVCS add more to the project?<br /><br />Googling "open source bounties", finds Stack Overflow suggesting self-hosting bounties for the best results, which I suppose, makes sense. The people interested in taking bounties would be the ones already at your site. Being one of a million bounty providers on a site wouldn't generate much traffic.<br /><br />Thinking out loud, moving to a DVCS might actually help the bounty process, assuming you'd want to move in that direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-41891343742238534002010-01-04T16:11:08.633+01:002010-01-04T16:11:08.633+01:00anonymous: yes, establishing some way to accept mo...anonymous: yes, establishing some way to accept money via paypal is high on our list. if nothing else we can use some private trusted account. moveon is rather geared towards general politics, i guess, so not directly applicable. But i remember there was some open source market place which allows to bid for certain features ...holger krekelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985924698593515074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-60607177716612120502009-12-30T15:02:16.602+01:002009-12-30T15:02:16.602+01:00could you accept donations via a paypal button or ...could you accept donations via a paypal button or something like that? It's simple and easy but I think it's unlikely to be sufficient. <br /><br />I'm always amazed at the MoveOn organization... it seems like every week they send out mail like 'hey! we need $400,000 to stop The Man! Can you send us $20?' followed by 'Thanks! We've achieved our goal!' <br /><br />I don't know how many people or how much each one donates but they always meet their goal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-57733986843439512042009-12-22T22:39:12.669+01:002009-12-22T22:39:12.669+01:00Niki, generally thats a viable approach. Pyside is...Niki, generally thats a viable approach. Pyside is moving to shiboken, a new framework for generating bindings. Somebody would have to check how large the effort is to port it to RPython. <br />Currently, Pyside is using Boost::Python AFAIK.Alexander Schremmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-67377957255430216142009-12-22T10:58:13.263+01:002009-12-22T10:58:13.263+01:00What if new PySide code generator targets RPython?...What if new PySide code generator targets RPython?<br />http://www.pyside.org/Nikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-25183290414824597112009-12-22T10:07:01.784+01:002009-12-22T10:07:01.784+01:00@Ryan Interesting idea. What would you suppose to...@Ryan Interesting idea. What would you suppose to see in such a video?holger krekelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985924698593515074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-33073399045527209212009-12-22T09:59:43.358+01:002009-12-22T09:59:43.358+01:00@kitblake good point. The main blocker for making...@kitblake good point. The main blocker for making PyPy useful on mobile phones is support for GUI apps. Alexander's recent <a href="http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2009/11/using-cpython-extension-modules-with.html" rel="nofollow">PyPy QT experiments</a> are teasing in this direction. To fully exploit PyPy's super-efficient memory usage we probably need to provide native bindings. That and maybe a GIL-less interpreter would make PyPy a superior choice for mobile devices. <br /><br />However, GUI-bindings/free threading are orthogonal to the ongoing JIT-efforts. Somehow PyPy suffers a bit from its big potential (there also is stackless and sandboxing etc.). Question is: (How) can we make donation/other funding guide PyPy developments and at the same time support dedicated developers?holger krekelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985924698593515074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-88285914087980509402009-12-22T01:24:09.494+01:002009-12-22T01:24:09.494+01:00What about activating the Python Users Groups arou...What about activating the Python Users Groups around the world? I think the case has to be made for PyPy still to the regular folk, if you will. So - what if you conducted a video showing off it's potential, or maybe a series of videos, much like the "Summer of NHibernate" series. All the while, on the same site as the videos, you have a "tips" jar for donations. The videos would serve as great marketing campaign and would invite the development community into the fold, earning the buy-in you seek. This kind of attention in the community would only serve the project well when attracting the larger fish to the pond.<br /><br />Just my thoughts. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-24882838687898683982009-12-21T22:57:10.455+01:002009-12-21T22:57:10.455+01:00Have you guys looked into jitting regular expressi...Have you guys looked into jitting regular expressions?<br />I am not quite sure how hard it would be but having very fast regexps would be a great selling point for Pypy.Pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400196612703094249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971202189709462152.post-50524035963785917782009-12-21T19:28:29.443+01:002009-12-21T19:28:29.443+01:00What's the status of possible mobile applicati...What's the status of possible mobile applications for PyPy? That seems nearer in terms of potential products and thus 'commercial' funding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com