On Nov 8, 2007 12:07 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Posting 'a beer at > > next Guadec for whoever fixes bug #7' is informal enough that I think > > we avoid the main issue which is the alienation of volunteers, > > however, it doesn't really address the big issue which is how can > > users donate and drive development of a feature they desire? > > I'm more wondering about how non-Guadec-goers can get action on > pet-peeve bugs. > > If you're going to Guadec, you've already got the expertise or influence > to make things happen.
Yes I agree, I think that the corporate world is slowly waking up to the reality that stable good quality software has to be free - I think many companies are willing to pay us to make things happen, maybe without the full commitment of relocating us across the world and making us a full time employee of their company - if the program was serious and the bounties serious, I'm quite sure that people will be watching and even maintaining such a billboard so that things dont get out of date. Like it was mentioned though, lots of things like this already exist just in different infrastructure. Cheers, -Tristan _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list