But this leads to a higher level question. When you want to sponsor open source bug fixes and/or feature and there isn't a clear "sponsor" link or button, how do you find qualified people? For example, is there a site/app you typically search?
Ask HN: How do you find developers for open source bug bounties?
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#32. extract emails of the contributors that are involved in what you need using something like this: git log --pretty=format:"%ad - %ae - %ce"
3. make them an offer
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#4Re: Ask HN: How do you find developers for open source bug bounties?
#5Have you filed a bug in the project's issue tracker? Has the project team not followed up? Is there a link to this issue?
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#6> There's a WebRTC Chromium bug that is making life difficult for us. I'd like to pay a developer to fix it, but I don't know where/how to find people. Have you filed a bug in the project's issue tracker? Has the project team not followed up? Is there a link to this issue?
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#7[0] https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aiss...
Re: Ask HN: How do you find developers for open source bug bounties?
#81. git clone the project you're interested in 2. extract emails of the contributors that are involved in what you need using something like this: git log --pretty=format:"%ad - %ae - %ce" 3. make them an offer
note: I mean to imply, the person that asked the question likely has a budget far lower than the person qualified to do the work is willing to accept.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find developers for open source bug bounties?
#9> There's a WebRTC Chromium bug that is making life difficult for us. I'd like to pay a developer to fix it, but I don't know where/how to find people. Have you filed a bug in the project's issue tracker? Has the project team not followed up? Is there a link to this issue?
Filing a bug report properly is work and it is easier to pay.