On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 13:21 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
> Dears Christian, Derek, John, Phil, 
> 
> first of all, let me express congrats to the great job you've done with 
> GnuCash. Its 2.4 release is here thanks to your effort and the skills you've 
> put into the project over the years. I'm really grateful for the thing you've 
> produced ... and I believe many, many users are as well.
> 
> As far as I can observe from the mail discussions, this is a kind of 
> "balance-sheet day" for the gnucash now. You have evaluated the main 
> requirements for gnucash to keep pace (multi-user access among others and an 
> ease-of-development, among others).  I would like to support you with this 
> conclusions.
> 
> But the crucial question is regarding the volunteer's personal itch and 
> readiness to contribute to the future development or spreading among users. 
> 
> Please, let me ask you: where do YOU find your motivation in the GnuCash 
> development? What makes you happy participating in the project? What would 
> you expect from GnuCash? How can GnuCash satisfy yourselves? 
> 

What is my motivation?  I want to make gnucash easier for me to use.
Currently, my main itch is around budgeting and reports, especially the
budget report.

> And:
> Do you feel that there is sufficient power for the next development project? 
> Are developers ready to start working on the next release? What's missing? Is 
> it's aim clear enough? Is it shared? Is it perceived as an wishful and sexy 
> target? What is the experience from previous releases - how did it start? 
> What were the most important factors to start the development project? Is it 
> under process now, or do we stay for sake of lack of anything important?
> 
> I can't code in C (nor in C++). Despite I believe I could do something to 
> help gnucash. Let me foreshadow something based on your responses (I'd like 
> to understand what are the biggest challenges of this project first). 
> 
> I'm a big fan of GnuCash. Thank you again.
> 
> Best regards,
> David Valicek


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