[mapguide-internals] RE: GDAL stability in MGOS 2.1

[Trevor Wekel]

Hi Jason,

Transparency, conflict of interest, and best value for the dollar are all excellent points that we need to be concerned about.  Large bodies of work like RFCs should probably be funded externally.  Would we also use a proposal process for defects?  If not, at what point would we consider proposals required?

Also, I'm not sure that community funded/community driven is the best approach for defect fixes.  To me, it seems to put a fairly heavy onus on our user base.  Our users would have to budget funding and find a developer to get something fixed.

MapGuide/GDAL stability and performance is basically a defect fix.  But it could end up being a very lengthy and very involved defect fix which ends up being "RFC magnitude" work.

I can go back to our user base and request direct funding from them for Mapguide/GDAL stability and performance if that is the approach we wish to take.

This is definitely a good discussion!

Thanks,
Trevor


-----Original Message-----
From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
Sent: December 29, 2009 11:11 PM
To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
Subject: Re: [mapguide-internals] RE: GDAL stability in MGOS 2.1

I personally feel that if the PSC is running the project we would at least
have to consider proposals from any member of the community known to be able
to perform the work.  This is for two reasons; first: all of the people that
I know who are capable of performing the work under contract are members of
the PSC and we would want to ensure that the process is as open and
transparent as possible to avoid conflicts of interest.  Second: if the
community is funding the effort, we need to ensure that they're getting the
best value for dollar (and yes, we would have to consider all factors, not
just cost).

I'd prefer to see this work being done outside of the PSC's direct control,
but with some oversight to ensure that it meets coding standards.  This
would get us more used to "external" development contributions and the
communications required for this.  It would also show the community that if
they need a feature they can just pay for it and (assuming proper RFC and
review are followed) have it added to the core code.  This is a critical
lesson that MapGuide's community needs to learn if we ever want to have a
chance at the level of growth that projects like GeoServer are seeing due to
contributions.

Jason

2009/12/29 Andy Morsell

> I'd be willing to contribute $500 US specifically to this effort.  I
> support
> going back the -users list and soliciting funds for this to see if enough
> money could be raised.  Would a targeted initiative approach really require
> the PSC to go out to bid?  Sole-sourcing at PSC discretion isn't allowed?
>
> Andy Morsell, P.E.
> President
> Spatial Integrators, Inc.
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> 509-466-3959
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>
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