Hi Matthias, On 24/08/19 10:06, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> I think this is mainly a point of communication. > > If explained well as an "indication" and not as a "guarantee" - online > and live while teaching - I think we'll get the message out. agreed, but I'm still unsure we'll be able to convey the right message. I have see social networks taking strange directions easily, regardless of the efforts by the transmitter. Of coourse, GH has already a bit of a barrier for casual users, so we might be sheltered. > It's an interesting idea, but I am afraid we'll put the project in a bad > position. In particular, it brings the project into a situation where it > acts as a service provider proxy, agreed, this is a real issue > where it's easy to interpret the > project as the one to take responsibility for those bugs being fixed > (just like you wrote above "why the hell has issue X not been solved > yet", but with money involved this time), and last, it's hard to come up > with a good process (should there be estimates first? or money first and > when there's enough someone picks the issue?). again, it's a matter of communication ;) I don't think we should expect for the users to pay fully for the fix, but rather use the money donated as an honest indication of interest, more reliable than a cheap click. this approach wouold also alleviate or solve the previous point. Cheers. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS.ORG Chair: http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
