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Maybe because the repo is 2 hours old, provides no actual information other than some hand waving. Also the author asks for $2 Million and doesn't seem to be a Python Core Developer. Given the repos age I'm probably answering to Mark Shannon himself.

Edit: This post wasn't supposed to be an hostile attack against anybody. Just found it odd to ask why an 2 hour old repo wasn't more known. I did not know that Mark Shannon is a core dev. Certainly did not pick that up from the repos contents.




Mark Shannon definitely is a core developer, though I agree that it's odd to ask "why isn't this more known?" about a two hours old repo.


He is a core developer (and long time core contributor), and he doesn't ask for "$2 million dollars".

In fact the post says: "The PSF seems to be the obvious organization to coordinate funding".

And no, I'm not Mark, somebody send me the link. Conspiracy theory much?


The repository linked mentions that each stage should cost about $500k and there are 4 stages. You can argue that he is not asking for it, but at least he is valuating it at $2M.


Didn't say he isn't valuating it at $2M. It's all on the post. What he doesn't do is say he should be the one to handle those (or even get those).


200k per year would not be the worst salary to pay a developer for this work, and I'd say he's outlined about 5 to 10 years of work. Feels like you could negotiate a package of escalating compensation contingent on delivery milestones.


I think Mark Shannon is a Python core dev now. But I agree with your other reasons.




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