On 10/15/2013 12:16 PM, Brettschneider Falk wrote: > Hi, > >>>> Saint Germain wrote: >>>>> Sadly I don't know enough about programming to help implementing >>>>> this, but I can surely participate financially (at least 500-1000 euros). >>>>> Do you think that it would be a good idea to crowd funding this ? > [...] > some extra funding I could allocate more resources and move faster . >> BTW, some of our (near) future targets are listed here > > I slightly wonder why noone of the Trac core team reacts when somebody wants > to donate such an amount.
Well, one explanation might be that all of the current Trac core team members have day jobs (I believe), so they're clearly not in it for the money and I don't think that such a bounty could change this (add two or three zeros and things *might* be different ;-) ). The project itself is self-sustained thanks to the ads, as all we need to cover are the hosting costs, so no need for money there as well. That being said, if such a bounty can motivate someone to step in and that person (not necessarily a core team member) is willing to contribute back the result, all the better. Even if we don't have a precedent for this, I think the policy regarding integration of such a contribution should be no different than for any other new feature: if it's appealing, makes sense and is well realized, it goes in otherwise not. In other words, a feature doesn't get integrated just because someone sponsored its development. But the best motivation is certainly the one consisting of scratching one's own itch ;-) If the urge is strong enough, not knowing a tool or language (or programming as a whole) isn't an handicap, but an opportunity to learn! -- Christian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to trac-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to trac-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
