Re: Possible funding of gfortran work

[Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>]

On 26.05.23 23:22, Jerry D via Fortran wrote:
> Sorry about my messages getting chopped.
> 
> On 5/25/23 9:34 PM, Jerry DeLisle via Fortran wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I found this message in my spam folder tonight.
>>
>> Please look.  I also sent a note to Damian on this.
>>
>> Maybe we can get someone to push forward on te native coarrays work?


I think the native coarrays are a good field. General bug fixing would
also be a good idea.

[quoting for the mail]

> I would like to discuss with the GFortran developer community whether 
> there is interest to setup a joint project to pay somebody to work on 
> GFortran full time. We have funding available for 18 months with 600k 
> EUR starting mid of June (please do not share this numbers publicly 
> yet), but we can also ask the fund for more money if needed. What do you 
> think? Is it worth to bring this up on the GFortran mailing list or 
> mattermost server?

It is really good so finally see a source of gfortran funding.

For hiring somebody full-time for a year, I am not sure who would be
available full-time, I think most people who have experience working
on gfortran have other commitments.  We would have to see if somebody
has the free time.

What would be great would be a possibility for people to work on
an hourly basis on certain, well-defined projects.  This is probably
something that contributors could fit in much better, and would provide
an additional incentive to take up gfortran work again :-)

Do you know if this is, in fact, a possibility?

Best regards

	Thomas