[Qgis-psc] Draft: funding for bugfixing

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi all,
thanks for the suggestions, I like the idea. So we could add the minimum
targets:
* xxx before 2018-05-18 (for 3.2)
* yyy before 2018-09-14 (for 3.4)
Andreas, could you please suggest an amount, based on previous investments?
All the best.

Il 26/04/2018 14:10, Saber Razmjooei ha scritto:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> Figures from previous years can give some indications about the amount
> to set.
> 
> Regards
> Saber
> 
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, 12:41 Andreas Neumann, <andreas at qgis.org
> <mailto:andreas at qgis.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Paolo,
> 
>     Thanks for your text. It reads well.
> 
>     One could think about adding a link to the financial report. See
>     https://www.qgis.org/en/_downloads/PublicQGISfinancialreport2017.pdf
>     - some text along - see how we use the available funds at URL xxx
> 
>     The suggestion from Saber is something to discuss. The possible
>     deadlines are the feature freezes of QGIS 3.2 and 3.4. Not so sure
>     about recommended amounts?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Andreas
> 
>     On 26 April 2018 at 11:37, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it
>     <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> wrote:
> 
>         Hi all,
>         following the discussion in our latest PSC, I prepared a draft
>         letter to
>         users and potential donors. I'd greatly appreciate your
>         comments, then
>         we can spam it around.
>         All the best.
>         ===
>         Dear QGIS user,
>         as you know, QGIS 3 has been recently published. This version
>         implied
>         big changes in the code structure that, in addition to the new
>         functionalities already exposed, makes our code base more modern and
>         easier to further expand and improve.
>         As expected, these changes triggered a series of new issues,
>         that you
>         the users are helping to discover and document. Our objective is to
>         eliminate at least the most important of them in time for what
>         will be
>         our next LTR (3.4, due in October[0]). The resources directly
>         available
>         from QGIS.ORG <http://QGIS.ORG> funds are limited, and we
>         already invested in QGIS 3.0 far
>         more than we have done for any earlier version.
>         This would therefore be the right timing for users, and
>         particularly for
>         power users, larger institutions and enterprises, to invest in QGIS
>         bugfixing, and we encourage to do it now. You have a number of
>         different
>         options: donating your developers' time or hiring a developer
>         directly
>         for the bugs that annoy you most, sponsoring our foundation[2], or
>         donating[3].
>         Feel free to contact us for further details if necessary.
> 
>         [0]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html#release-schedule
>         [1]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program
>         [2]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program
>         [3]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html
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