[Qgis-psc] Investments

[Vincent Picavet (ml)]

Hello Paolo, all,

On 26/11/2015 08:50, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> Hi all,
> spurring from the recent issue with fTools, I'd like to discuss about
> our investment plans. My feeling is that we should use our funds,
> limited for now, to support and fix things nobody is willing to,
> especially infrastructure and other things not directly visible to the
> end users. So, as a general rule, if we identify areas that need
> intervention, I believe we should first start a crowdfunding, and use
> our own funds only as a last resort. I would avoid spending directly on
> new functions, because I believe these should still be consumer driven.
> Of course, when we'll have a budget one order of magnitude higher we
> could change this.
> Thoughts?

I was thinking exactly the same way.

I do strongly believe that the QGIS association should focus on project
management as well as funding whatever people would not fund otherwise.
In priority order :
Project : Community meetings, communication, infrastructure
Development-related : bug fixing, test framework, documentation

Features should be funded by end-users, and the qgis association should
not act as a development contract broker.
Whenever crowdfunding seems a way to finance features, then let the
concerned developer manage it.

I had the same impression of a small drift with the ftool proposal, and
I think things priorities should be clearly stated.

Best regards,
Vincent