Il 22/07/2014 21:01, Andrew ha scritto: >> It a chicken/egg problem. We need to have some stable, relatively bug free >> version of QGIS with predictable (and somewhat slow ) release cycles before >> it's acceptable in large organisations (with money to spend on >> development/bug fixing). > > I think this is true, though I dont have experience with large > organizations. As a user i would love to have a more stable LTS > version and if i could i would earmark my donations specifically for > supporting an LTS and, i think, would contribute more. But since it
earmarking donations would put a significant additional strain on our time (remember, nobody pays for the infrastructure, including financial aspects, so it's all voluntary work). we believe PSC has a sufficient understanding of the project to allocate our (very limited!) resources in the best interests of QGIS. in fact, we are asking donors: "trust us, your donations will be handled for the good of the project", and frankly I believe we've been quite effective on this until now. having said that, I would like to find a simple way of implementing "preferential donations" (you vote with your money). > doesnt exist, i cant help fund it with my small donations. Also, that > is something that i might be able to get my work to donate small > amounts for, though as a small grant-funded non-profit costs that are > not directly billable to grants are very hard to pay for. We can issue receipts for significant donations (no, please don't ask a bill for a 5 € donation :) ). All the best, and thanks. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu Corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer