Il 23/11/2012 14:26, Martin Dobias ha scritto: > Please try to be more specific about each point, otherwise there will be a > lot of > confusion what should be the result of each point. Is symbology/labeling > overhaul > just about removing old symbology/labeling? Isn't sextante integrated already?
Hi Marin, this mine was meant as a reminder: we have discussed about these points rather extensively in Essen. I have my ideas on several of these points, but I think there are people better suited than me to explain in detail what has to be done. > In my opinion this is the way how these crowdsourcing campaigns should work: > I am a > developer motivated to implement particular project, so I will create a > campaign and > hope that enough money will be raised. Other people from QGIS community (if > interested) will help to spread the word about this campaign. If sufficient > amount of > money is raised, I will implement the feature and I get the money. If I fail > to > deliver the project, it is my failure. > > Doing it other way round (QGIS project owns the campaigns) has some > disadvantages: > - there is a question who is eligible to get money from such campaign - > anyone or > just a particular group of people? > - it is a responsibility of a developer to accomplish the project, so for a > failed > project QGIS community may be blamed > - the philosophy of bidforfix is that users evaulate and then pay the > developer. If a > campaign is driven by QGIS project, who decides when the project is finished? > When > the money should be sent to developer? What about the risk that some users > change > their mind and do not pay? Yes, your approach also makes sense. I have been asked for feedback for that. I have no special preferences, I just note a few issues with your approach: - if the issues are subprojects of qgis, donors may feel more comfortable knowing that it is the core team who acts as an umbrella - if an unreliable dev jumps out and suggests weird things, this would make things much more confused for potential donors - in case users change their mind, and is proves impossible to find replacements, the project could use some of its internal resources to keep the dev happy. I think we can ask BfF people or some of other projects (e.g. OSMAnd) for advice. Thanks. -- Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia www.faunalia.eu Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc Nuovi corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer