John Griessen writes:
Maybe this non-profit foundation could help MM3? It's helping pcb-rnd now... It seems like well documented to do lists are what they like to fund --> "I am announcing a great news that is going to change pcb-rnd development, advancing it to the next level: with the help of NLnet, through the NGI0 PET fund, main pcb-rnd feature development is fully covered for a long time financially."
Thank you for the suggestion, and the reference to the fund. I've made a note of it.
Things is, right now funding isn't a problem, it's much more people. We have always gotten all the Google Summer of Code students we ask for, for example, but this year we ended up bailing out of GSoC for lack of mentoring time. None of the core people are in a position to do more work if we got paid.
If there are consultants out there who use Mailman, are somewhat familiar with its internals or are experienced Python programmers (preferably with knowledge of zope components like Interface), and would be able to provide time for money but not without pay, feel free to speak up, maybe there's a deal to be made, if you can contribute enough time to make the pitch. But soliciting money, soliciting bids, etc, all takes time for the Mailman core devs who have very little right now, and honestly, it's not work we enjoy. Even mentoring new devs (even if they'll probably disappear as some GSoC interns do :-), which several of us do enjoy, isn't really in the cards right now.
Steve