On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 5:50 PM Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote:
> That would be an appropriate use of a GSIP: > > Thoughts: > - We do recommend writing a proposal to verify an approach prior to > starting work, in the past when the idea was associated with pending > funding this was made note of (so folks do not get their hopes up). > - This a subtle trap where if a GSIP for a good idea is proposed there can > be a temptation to hang back and let someone else pay for it > - In geotools we use proposals to explore an idea and also secure a > commitment for each task (to ensure a contributor is in position to do the > work, you could do something similar with funding targets). > Jody, I would discourage usage of proposals this way, people have already tried to do that in the hopes of getting an idea "accepted" and then pretending to see it implemented only because of that, without funds. Proposals were created exactly to verify that the activity had enough resources behind to make it happen. Here we are starting the opposite, someone is willing to sponsor, and the module is a community one, thus unsupported, a part of the codebase where no proposals are needed. > One thing we experimented with last year was accepting some sponsorship > for a feature (improved SLD interoperability between QGIS and GeoServer) > and then requesting proposals. You may wish to look at how this is turning > out and consider if the approach would work in your case? > Yep, that would work... but in that case we started with a given amount of money (which was not enough to do the full job) and then the GeoServer PSC and others pitched in to reach a threshold that made it doable. I believe the blockers in this case are two: - Need to find someone familiar enough with the module to do the job - Need to figure out how much money would be needed (or someone starts with a blind donation to get things started like in the QGIS raster symbolizer export case) Cheers Andrea == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via di Montramito 3/A 55054 Massarosa (LU) phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- *Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail.*
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