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Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress - The Register (www.theregister.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by WebleyFrog@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

As usual, most people don't contribute back in any way (money, nor code, nor documentation).

[–] WebleyFrog@piefed.social 40 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Might want to read the article first. Mint has received more donations last month than any on record for them, $47,000.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I read that. How many users do they have? 47k seems like a lot but how many devs does that really pay for? The answer is obviously "not enough". Otherwise they wouldn't be talking about dev pressure.

[–] WebleyFrog@piefed.social 48 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That amount of money a month is extremely substantial for an open-source project, and especially for a non-corporate distro. It also far exceeds previous years.

The pressure mostly seems to be from adding wayland support to Cinnamon, combined with perhaps maintaining more projects at too regular an interval than their team can chew.

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