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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">From a user perspective, I would like to suggest something like:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“Leaving an issue on the QGIS issue tracker might help, but there is no guarantee that this will be timely solved as our volunteered resources are limited. If you or your organization need something
to be quickly fixed, there is the possibility to hire someone (link to the list of QGIS commercial support providers) ”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In this way, users are aware that there is the intention in solving issues, just limited resources, and how a particular issue can move forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Rosa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222222">MSc Rosa Aguilar - PhD Candidate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">University of Twente<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Connect with me on
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosamaguilar/?locale=en_US"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#0563C1">LinkedIn</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://rosaguilar.github.io/"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#0563C1">https://rosaguilar.github.io</span></a></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#0000EE;background:#F6F6F6"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">The essential is invisible to the eye. Saint-Exupéry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer-bounces@lists.osgeo.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Charles Dixon-Paver<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 January 2021 07:44<br>
<b>To:</b> Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> qgis-developer <qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [QGIS-Developer] Stale bot and older requests/issues - possible enhancement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How about something like:<br>
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Unfortunately this issue has not been addressed by the QGIS community for some time. If you would like to expedite the resolution of this issue and more like it, please refer to the <a href="<a href="https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/facilitation.html">https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/facilitation.html</a>">facilitating
development</a> guide for information on how to sponsor the development of this functionality.<o:p></o:p></p>
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And make a facilitation page that explains the various resolution options nicely.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not sure if that's OK for non-native speakers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 02:51, Alexandre Neto <<a href="mailto:senhor.neto@gmail.com">senhor.neto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 11:44 PM Nyall Dawson <<a href="mailto:nyall.dawson@gmail.com" target="_blank">nyall.dawson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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What I'm trying to convey here is that there's a chance the ticket<br>
will be addressed without sponsorship, but if they DO sponsor it will<br>
get addressed immediately. So "fast track" here means something a<br>
little like "short cut". Is there better wording you think may convey<br>
this same meaning?<br>
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Nyall<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maybe "Speed up" or "accelerate"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But maybe it's just my limited vocabulary.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alexandre<o:p></o:p></p>
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> Other than that +1<br>
><br>
> Alexandre Neto<br>
><br>
> A quinta, 7/01/2021, 08:33, Matthias Kuhn <<a href="mailto:matthias@opengis.ch" target="_blank">matthias@opengis.ch</a>> escreveu:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Nyall,<br>
>><br>
>> I would also appreciate a hint like this.<br>
>> Maybe it could be done even more subtle by shortening this text and adding a link to a page "learn how to make things progress"?<br>
>><br>
>> I'd also very much appreciate the voices of users on this topic (that's a classical "we don't only want to hear the dev side" topic).<br>
>><br>
>> Matthias<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 1:42 AM Nyall Dawson <<a href="mailto:nyall.dawson@gmail.com" target="_blank">nyall.dawson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi list,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I've a small request to consider for stale bot and issues/feature<br>
>>> requests. I think that if a ticket remains open for say > 90 days<br>
>>> since the last comment, it would be nice if stale bot added a comment<br>
>>> like:<br>
>>><br>
>>> "Unfortunately this bug/feature request has not seen any solution in<br>
>>> the recent QGIS release. If this fix/feature is important to you or<br>
>>> your organisation, you can help to fast-track its development by<br>
>>> sponsoring this work. To do so, contact one of the QGIS commercial<br>
>>> support providers listed at ... to discuss how you could fund this<br>
>>> functionality".<br>
>>><br>
>>> I think it's a non-threatening, non-begging way to advise bug<br>
>>> reporters on the alternative ways they can fast track development in<br>
>>> QGIS.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thoughts?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Nyall<br>
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