funding jython development

Hi all,

I would like to see jython development moving forward, and I would
appreciate information on how to assist the existing jython developers
to do so.

First towards completing the 2.7.2 release towards out of alpha (it
has a critical bug fix that I care a lot about:
https://bugs.jython.org/issue2487).

Second towards entering python 3 with a stable release (I've only been
able to find https://github.com/jython/jython3 which is labels itself
as an early alpha stage).

Question 1: are any developers active presently?

Question 2: where do you get your funding from, and would you commit
to reach the above two milestones provided more funding was available,
or should I aim at recruiting new developers?

Question 3: rpython (from pypy) used to have a jvm backend in its git
tree. I assume jython developers have considered pursuing that route,
and if not, why not?

Thanks very much.

Albert Cardona
--
Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA.
Reader (Associate Professor), Dept. Physiol. Dev. Neurosci.,
University of Cambridge, UK.
https://albert.rierol.net
https://www.janelia.org/lab/cardona-lab/
https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/albert-cardona