Maintaining Perl 5 - Grant Extension Request
Mon, 21-Sep-2015 by
Karen Pauley
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Tony Cook has requested an extension of $20,000 for his "Maintaining Perl 5":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2013/05/grant-application-maintaining.html grant. This grant has been running successfully since July 2013. The requested extension would allow Tony to devote another 400 hours to the project. The funds for this extension would come from the "Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund":http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl_5_core_maintenance_fund.
As well as posting reports on the p5p mailing list Tony provides detailed monthly reports, the most recent of which can be found in the following blog posts:
"August 2015":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2015/09/maintaining-perl-5-grant-repor-21.html
"July 2015":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2015/08/maintaining-perl-5-grant-repor-20.html
"June 2015":http://news.perlfoundation.org/2015/08/maintaining-perl-5-grant-repor-19.html
Before we make a decision on this extension we would like to have a period of community consultation that will last for seven days. Please leave feedback in the comments or, if you prefer, email your comments to karen at perlfoundation.org.
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Comments (11)
I strongly endorse the renewal of Tony Cook's Perl Foundation grant. His work on behalf of Perl 5 has been very worthwhile.
Yes, please continue this. Among other good things Tony does, he's one of the few people who provides detailed feedback to new patch submitters and applies their patches. He is always fair and courteous when evaluating the work of others, even when turning down a proposed patch. His work is thus a really critical part of keeping the welcome mat out.
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Tony's work and knowledge are invaluable, and It would be a sad thing if his grant were not extended.
I am a full supporter of extending this valuable investment of Tony's work
Tony does a thoroughly helpful job of maintaining Perl 5 and helping others do so. I would like to see his grant extended.
I'm also in favour of continuing support for Tony's work.
+1
Tony's work has been great and I would like to see it continue to be funded.
+1
Tony's work is quite useful and we should keep him on as long as we can.
