@item
@ref{Help us}: your assistance is requested.
+@item
+@ref{Sponsoring}: financial contributions.
+
@item
@ref{Development}: for contributors and testers.
* Tiny examples::
* Bug reports::
* Help us::
+* Sponsoring::
* Development::
* Authors::
* Publications::
@node Bug reports
@unnumberedsec Bug reports
+
+@divClass{heading-center}
+If you have input that results in a crash or wrong output,
+then that is a bug.
+@divEnd
+
@divClass{column-center-top}
@subheading Step 1: Known bugs
-If you have input that results in a crash or an erroneous output,
-then that is a bug. There is a list of current bugs on our google
-bug tracker,
+We may already know about this bug. Check here:
@example
@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list}
@divClass{column-left-bottom}
@subheading Step 2: Creating a bug report
-If you have discovered a bug which is not listed, please help us
-by creating a bug report.
+If you have discovered a bug which is not listed,
+please help us by creating a bug report.
-@warning{We only accept bug reports in the form of
-@ref{Tiny examples}. We have very limited resources to deal with
-bug reports, so any non-minimal example will be rejected. Almost
+@warning{We only accept reports in the form of
+@ref{Tiny examples}. We have very limited resources,
+so any non-minimal example will be rejected. Almost
every bug can be demonstrated in four notes or less!}
Here is an example of a good bug report:
@divClass{column-center-bottom}
@subheading Step 4: Wait for a response
-Once your bug has been sent to the list, our Bug Squad will
-examine the report. Please allow up to 24 hours, as we have a
-limited number of volunteers for this task. They may ask you for
-more information, or may add the report to the tracker and let you
-know what the issue number is.
+Once your bug report has been sent to the list, our Bug Squad will
+examine it; they may ask you for more information. You will be notified
+when the report will be added to the bug tracker. Please allow up to 4 days,
+as we have a limited number of volunteers for this task.
-You may mark the bug so that you automatically receive emails when
+Once a bug has been added to the tracker, you can comment it to add
+more information about it.
+You may also mark the bug so that you automatically receive emails when
any activity on the bug occurs. This requires you have a google
account.
@divEnd
@divClass{column-left-top}
@divClass{keep-bullets}
-@helpusTasks
+@helpusSimple
+
+@divEnd
+@divEnd
+
+@divClass{column-right-top}
+@helpusAdvanced
@divEnd
+
+
+@node Sponsoring
+@unnumberedsec Sponsoring
+
+@divClass{keep-bullets}
+@divClass{column-left-top}
+@subheading Bounties
+
+In the past,
+
+@itemize
+@item some users have paid for new features
+@item some developers have added new features for hire
+@end itemize
+
+The LilyPond project does not organize such efforts; we neither
+endorse nor discourage such agreements. Any contracts between
+private individuals is the business of those individuals, not
+ours.
+
@divEnd
@divClass{column-right-top}
-@helpusProjects
+@subheading Guidelines
+Any user wanting to offer money in exchange for work should bear
+in mind the following points:
+
+@itemize
+@item
+LilyPond developers may advertise their services on the lilypond
+email lists from time to time.
+
+@item
+Any agreements between private individuals should include the
+normal precautions when conducting business: who pays, how much do
+they pay, with what method of payment, and upon what set of
+conditions. We suggest that any ambiguity or uncertainty in these
+questions should be resolved before any work begins.
+
+@end itemize
+
+@divEnd
+
+@divClass{column-center-bottom}
+@subheading Interested developers
+
+Here is a list of people who have expressed an interest in
+bounties. Note that the amount of work done by individuals varies
+quite a bit throughout the years. We do not guarantee that this
+list is up-to-date, nor do we guarantee that the people listed
+here have any ability. The only criteria is "XYZ asked to be
+listed on this page".
+
+Looking at the git history is a good way to determine who the most
+active and experienced developers are. Statistics up to version
+@versionDevel{}:
+
+@multitable @columnfractions .3 .3 .3
+@item @uref{http://lilypond.org/~graham/gitstats-all/, overall history}
+@tab @uref{http://lilypond.org/~graham/gitstats-1year/, past year}
+@tab @uref{http://lilypond.org/~graham/gitstats-3months/, past three months}
+@end multitable
+
+Interested developers:
+@table @asis
+@item @email{dak@@gnu.org, David Kastrup}
+Donations are required to let me continue my current fulltime work on
+LilyPond. I focus on user and programmer interface design, coherence,
+implementation, simplification, documentation, and debugging.
+
+@c Format
+@c @item @email{name@@adress.domain, Name}
+@c area of interest (256 chars max)
+
+@end table
+
+@divEnd
@divEnd
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