Hello Patrick,
Patrick DESAUNAY wrote (31-7-2009 11:56)
I have a proposition.
As OOo is containing very old bugs, and missing features (vs MS) which are
annoying some users (like me) and are never fixed, and may discourage users
(like me),
and, as, on another hand, OOo is welcoming financial supports, would there
be a way that donators (like me, in such a case) could donate to have
specific bugs fixed?
-What are the comments of the people in the forum?
-If this becomes a widely approved idea (or a "why not?" idea), does
anybody here knows who to talk with so that this becomes a real procedure
(in a reasonable time frame)?
Thank a lot for mailing your positive suggestion.
I have been thinking along the same line various times and discussing
here and there.
The idea as such has some practical implications.
- The main team of developers is doing work that is planned and I think
it will not be easy to integrate the stimulus of many varying donations
in the planning.
- Also it is not easy to pick someone up and let him/her work on a
random piece of code.
- It can be more useful to work one more issues in one area, rather than
picking up isolated ones.
- You have to set up a mechanism that channels the various donations to
specific issues - anyway I guess that most people will not (be able to)
donate so much that significant issues can be fixed for that single
donation.
On the other hand, there are also changes:
- There is a gradually growing pool of developers that have experience
with OpenOffice.org, that do not work for the big(gest) corporate
contributor(s). Those people might indeed be interested to do work for
bounties.
- If the potential to raise funds is extended to the full, it will even
be possible to attract more full time developers for the work. That
might be combined with a way to channel donations for specific issues.
If more people are enthusiastic about it (let's see what is written to
the list), you can just start to work it out. Maybe the community
council can help, but that is not mandatory.
And oh ... pls don't forget that also in other office suites many bugs
never get fixed ;-)
Kindest regards,
Cor
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