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奖励流程

  1. 在主题行把你的支持列出一个概要然后发送到 bounty@ubuntu.com . 建立你感兴趣的项目和你的资格审查.
  2. 我们通常会在Ubuntu开发者邮件列表中或wiki中展开公开讨论，然后生成一个准确的说明书.团队有机会对支持提议提出批评，项目所有者可以把他们所讨论的必要的东西加入代码中。
  3. 提交正式提议，提议将会在相关的论坛上公布.其他人可能会提出反驳的提议.
  4. 根据不同工作的种类,我们可能为你开一个开始典礼然后开始发行.
  5. 详细注明你的奖励完成日期并让我们清楚进程有关情况.
  6. 一旦代码被接受, 并达到了在开始前由大家确认的满意度，我们会提交已被接受的奖励.
  7. 奖励将要到期时.我们会更新站点详细资料.
  8. Ubuntu团体理事的决议作为最终结果.在第一个一个月内全部完成的奖励中，结果会有一些竞争对手被淘汰,我们会执行我们认为最好的奖励.

Python work

Ubuntu prefers the community to contribute work in Python. We develop our own tools and scripts in Python and it's much easier for us to integrate your work if you use the same platform. Here are some Python-related projects that are up for bounties:

Python scripting everywhere

Python is a great glue language. Ubuntu is open to requests for funding work that needs to be done to make Python the most widespread common scripting language on the net. Please contact us with your ideas and proposals.

Bounties will be offered on Python scripting interfaces for the following tools:

  • OpenOffice
  • Blender
  • AbiWord
  • Gnumeric
  • The GIMP

We'd like to see the development of common document object model standards and terminology across OpenOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric, Agnubis, Sodipodi and other Gnome applications. This would accelerate the learning curve of someone who has already learned to script one app in Python, when they try to learn to script another. If anybody out there is good at drafting such specifications and is interested, please get in touch.

Mozilla work

Mozilla and its children are a phenomenal platform. They could be even better. Please contact us if you are interested in the following paid projects:

Thunderbird message filing intelligence: $500

As an optional extra to the Quick Filing extension for Thunderbird developed in a previous bounty, we would like to see Bayesian learning for message filing. For example, we generally have a folder for correspondence with a person or a company, or a project. When one presses the Quick File hotkey, it would be great if Mozilla Thunderbird automatically pre-populated the dropdown listbox of folders with its best guess as to where one wants that message filed.

It could use the sender, the subject and the body, and learn from previous filing decisions. Bayesian filtering of junk mail has worked really well for me in Mozilla, so we would hope that after using it for a while, it would be making fairly good guesses as to where I want to file a given message. There is further commentary at Mozilla Bug #181866.

Browser error pages: $500

Error dialogs slow down the browsing process, especially when one is using tabbed browsing and opening up multiple links in background tabs to be read later. There has been some work on replacing the dialogs with error pages, but this work needs significant improvement before the default behaviour can be changed.

Given that work has already taken place, we would like anyone who steps up to the plate on this bounty to consult with people already involved to figure out a fair way to divide the proceeds. We will need to know what you want to work on in advance, so there is no duplication of effort. See Mozilla Bug #28586.

Thunderbird SMTP message queueing: $100

See the Bugzilla bug for details. When using the Offline extension, and reconnecting, and sending Unsent Messages, we'd like Thunderbird to try to intelligently re-use the SMTP connection instead of opening a new connection for each message. See Mozilla Bug #136871

Bounty history

The following bounties have already been awarded:

  • 10/2005 - Kubuntu Package Manager - Petr Rockai
  • 09/2005 - Simple Backup Solution - Aigars Mahinovs
  • 09/2005 - Gnome Panel Enhancements - Emmanuel Cornet
  • 09/2005 - Zope Packaging - Fabio Tranchitella
  • 09/2005 - Storage Device Manager - Jaime Soriano Pastor
  • 09/2005 - Finding Packages - Niran Babalola
  • 09/2005 - Bluetooth Support - Paolo Durante
  • 09/2005 - Small Business Server - Saba Zabetian
  • 09/2005 - Graphical Config Tools - Sam Pohlenz
  • 09/2005 - Kubuntu File Search - Tobi Vollebregt
  • 12/2004 - Isolation of disk activity during idle periods in Ubuntu - Brian Sutherland
  • 11/2004 - Thunderbird Quick File - Paul Tomlin for this work
  • 10/2004 - Zwiki Improvements - Simon Michael
  • 10/2004 - Kernel Package - Herbert Xu
  • 10/2004 - Ubuntu 4.10 Live CD - Alex de Landgraaf
  • 09/2004 - Jigdo for Ubuntu - Steve McIntyre
  • 09/2004 - Desktop Icons - Andy Fitzsimon
  • 09/2004 - Distribution Defaults and Branding - Tollef Fog Heen
  • 08/2004 - Upgrade Issues from Woody to Warty - Clint Adams
  • 09/2003 - SchoolTool Core Development
  • 07/2003 - Gnome Exim Monitor - Moe Aboulkheir (Primary Winner)
  • 07/2003 - Gnome Exim Monitor - Programmers of Lithuania - (Runner-up Winner)