Give a bug a hug

[Terry Judd]

These seem to be bounties for finding critical (mostly security-related) bugs rather than fixing them - hard to see large tech companies outsourcing their security fixes.

We already have an established system for reporting bugs, and LC are actively attending to fixing some/most of them. The problem (real or perceived) seems to be that either some bugs are left unattended for too long, or appear to attract such a low priority that they are effectively abandoned. Maybe a bounty system could work if LC were prepared to tag bugs all bugs with a priority level, with each level having an estimated fix time associated with it. This would provide us (as potential clients of bounty hunters) with a semi-objective indication of whether it was worth stumping up some cash for a quick fix or simply waiting for LC to act. More work for LC though, tagging bugs and updating those tags fairly regularly.

Terry...

On 8/10/19, 9:57 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Richard Gaskin via use-livecode" <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

    Bob Sneidar wrote:
    
     > What other software company shares the burden of bug fixing with
     > it's clientele?
    
    
    Bug  bounties are pretty common.
    
    https://www.guru99.com/bug-bounty-programs.html
    
    https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/bug-bounty-hunters-and-the-companies-that-pay-them-820636
    
    https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/bug-bounty-hunters-and-the-companies-that-pay-them-820636
    
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