Hi, we have bug-fix period before each release which is funded by QGIS.org from donations. So usually bugs that are critical/regression/crash/corrupt data are fixed during that period for LTR and PR.
Cheers, Peter On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 3:41 AM Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 10:52, Cory Albrecht <m...@hanfastolfe.com> wrote: > > > > Hello Nyall, > > > > Oh, I am well familiar with the vicissitudes of getting work done in > open source projects - It's why I have donated to many opensource projects > over the decades that I have been using them, including QGIS. But just > telling people "go fix it yourself" is not helpful. To be frank, it makes > me wonder if I should have made that donation elsewhere rather than making > me willing to contribute to the project by trying to fix a bug or two > instead. How do I know that I wouldn't just get another snarky brush off > were I to ask for help because my lack of familiarity with the QGIS > codebase and the Qt framework? > > Hi Cory, > > The message of that blog post is definitely not intended to be that > the answer is "go fix it yourself". It's that fixing it yourself is > ONE option, and there's a number of other reliable avenues to follow > too. > > If you can suggest any ways to improve the wording of that post (while > keep the core message intact), please let me know. > > Nyall > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:19 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 09:03, Cory Albrecht <m...@hanfastolfe.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi Paolo, > >> > > >> > Might I suggest that you consider that not everybody has time to go > an learn the codebase of QGIS to be able to know where to start for making > changes themselves, even if they happen to know C++? Especially if they > have to learn the Qt framework at the same time. > >> > > >> > That consideration might be better than a snarky reply to a polite > inquiry. Just saying. > >> > >> I don't believe Paolo's reply was ever intended to be snarky. Instead, > >> he's just trying to inform you of how development occurs in > >> open-source projects like QGIS in order to empower you to be able to > >> get this bug fixed. > >> > >> Nyall > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 4:30 AM Paolo Cavallini <cavall...@faunalia.it> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi Cory, > >> >> > >> >> On 08/04/19 00:57, Cory Albrecht wrote: > >> >> > I was wondering when Bug #21460 > >> >> > <https://issues.qgis.org/issues/21460> was going to get some > attention? > >> >> > It's about QGIS not forming proper PostGIS SQL updates correctly, > >> >> > specifically for null values. > >> >> > >> >> may I suggest you an interesting read? > >> >> > https://nyalldawson.net/2016/08/how-to-effectively-get-things-changed-in-qgis/ > >> >> Cheers. > >> >> -- > >> >> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > >> >> QGIS.ORG Chair: > >> >> http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> QGIS-Developer mailing list > >> >> QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > >> >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > QGIS-Developer mailing list > >> > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > >> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > QGIS-Developer mailing list > > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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