[Qgis-user] Open attribute table in form view by default

[Nyall Dawson]

On 9 February 2016 at 08:06, Blumentrath, Stefan
<Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no> wrote:
> Hi Nyall, Richard, and Andreas,
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> For me it is all fine if you give the hint on funding, just like Andreas
> did, knowing whom he is talking to. And I think he has a lot of valid points
> in his answer.
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> Unfortunately, it is not always that simple, even for people using QGIS in
> bigger organizations, to mobilize money for things they like to see
> implemented (believe me, I wish it was)...

Oh, I totally understand. I work in government too and have first-hand
experience with this!

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> On your list, Nyall, I would add Crowd funding as a fifth (and quite
> popular) way of getting things into QGIS. And of course all fife can be
> mixed to some extent...

Good point. I keep meaning to write this up properly at some stage as
a blog post, so keep the suggestions coming. I think it'd be useful to
have all this stuff outlined and explained so that people can make
informed decisions about the best way to get their requests fulfilled.

Nyall





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> Anyway, keep up with your good work regardless if paid or voluntary. As I
> see it, the mix is what makes the project successful...
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> Cheers
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> Stefan
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> From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of
> Nyall Dawson
> Sent: 8. februar 2016 21:20
> To: Richard Duivenvoorde <richard at duif.net>
> Cc: qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Open attribute table in form view by default
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> On 9 Feb 2016 12:47 AM, "Richard Duivenvoorde" <
> rdmailings at duif.net> wrote:
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>> On 08-02-16 14:37, Andreas Neumann wrote:
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>> > If this important to you - please consider sponsoring a dev to implement
>> > this. It can't be very complicated to implement.
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>> Can we please(!) stop saying this all the time. I still hope(d) that
>> QGIS is a project where people work on a more or less idealistic way on
>> QGIS.
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> Well, the reality is that there's a very limited number of ways in which new
> features get implemented in QGIS:
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> 1. Write it yourself. (Requires knowledge of QGIS source and c++)
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> 2. Pay someone else to write it for you (requires money)
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> 3. Wait for someone else to write/pay for it (requires patience and hope
> that your request is something someone else really needs)
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> 4. Try to convince someone to donate their work/free time to do it for you
> (requires super levels of negotiating and finding the magic words to say to
> developers on irc/email/etc, or a project which is sufficiently interesting
> to attract a developer's attention regardless.)
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> I don't think there's any other ways code gets added to QGIS.
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> (Note that I'm *not* discounting all the non development volunteer/paid QGIS
> work, I'm just referring to how features can get added.)
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> Given this, I think it's fine to direct people who request stuff to the most
> direct and reliable way to make changes happen - option 2 above. Just saying
> "file a feature request" alone isn't all that helpful (it's effectively
> options 3 or 4 above). It's also very helpful to also let them know how they
> can make these changes happen quickly.
>
> Nyall
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>>
>> Regards,
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>> Richard
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