html5lib-python development needs funding

[willkg]

This project is big enough and critical enough that it needs funded maintainers.

As suggested in #282 (comment)

you should create an opencollective account for html5lib

Other ideas?

Who works for a company that will sponsor html5lib-python development?

[gsnedders]

FWIW, last I knew things were a bit painful with most of the US-based sites and non-US contributors drawing from them. (And things generally get pretty horribly mirky for me with UK tax rules.)

[jayvdb]

Maybe you want to try https://codesponsor.io/

[whyboris]

I think this may be a great place: https://opencollective.com/

[ewwink]

it better to put on the front page that this project need sponsor.

[hugovk]

Tidelift says:

This project has no income available yet.

You can help point potential subscribers to us and be ready to accept funding the second it is available.

https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/pypi/html5lib

[hugovk]

The Linux Foundation has launched CommunityBridge to help with funding, security and mentoring.

• https://devclass.com/2019/03/14/linux-foundation-offers-devs-and-project-maintainers-help-with-money-mentoring-and-security/
• https://communitybridge.org/

[icemac]

Currently Tidelift says:

Income Estimate: $224.87/month
This project is eligible for a share of fees paid by Tidelift subscribers.

https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/pypi/html5lib

So you can start grabbing the income, aka become a lifter.

[twm]

Who would actually be the maintainer if there were funding available? Are any of the current maintainers seeking funding?

[gsnedders]

@twm As of next month I should have the time to actually work on html5lib, provided I'm paid for it.

[phated]

We'd love to have one or more maintainer join Tidelift to receive funding for html5lib!! Are there any questions I could answer for you?

[tirkarthi]

GitHub now provides a sponsor button that can be linked to tidelift?

GitHub blog post : https://github.blog/2019-05-23-announcing-github-sponsors-a-new-way-to-contribute-to-open-source/
https://tidelift.com/subscription/how-to-connect-tidelift-with-github

[jayaddison]

Initially I was supportive of this issue, but at the moment I'm a little less certain.

Would it be possible to state what processes would help to keep html5lib-python moving forward first, and then use those factors to determine what's required (funding / governance / other)?

While stability and safety of the parser are paramount (first do no harm, basically), there's a low but ongoing and manageable volume of contributor activity on the project that could help improve correctness and potentially performance too, and it'd be beneficial to find a way to include those.