Daniel John Debrunner wrote: > Kathey Marsden wrote: >> Jean T. Anderson wrote: >> >>> Would it get used? >>> >> I don't know, but I think it would have made several encounters with >> anxious users looking for a fix more productive and pleasant if I >> could have pointed them to such a page rather than just saying "vote >> and wait or fix it yourself". > > It doesn't sound as though such a page is helping grow the community > whereas encouraging users to get involved is. > > As another issue, though it's probably not a problem, you may want to > ensure that such a page would not endanger the foundation's 501(c) > non-profit status.
Heh, I kind of misunderstood Kathy's initial post, not reading closely the ***enclosed portion*** at the end of the line: > It might encourage more freelance activity around Derby ***and it would be > another option for users trying to get a fix***. This might be obvious to everyone, but just remember that all Derby project decisions must be made on-list. So, if somebody did make arrangements off-line to have their favorite bug fixed, discussions about that specific fix should be on derby-dev. -jean
