[Qgis-psc] Draft: funding for bugfixing

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 26/04/2018 17:20, Andreas Neumann ha scritto:
> ah - ok. Different story.
> 
> Here is what we spent on bug fixing on the latest releases:
> 
>   * 2.14: 16 k
>   * 2.16: 20 k
>   * 2.18: 22.5 k
>   * 3.0: 54 k
> 
> 
> But again - you all know that there are hundreds, if not thousands of
> open issues. Many of them quite severe ....
> 
> But if you add a "target" one would have to have a "tracker" on how the
> donations develop in relation to the target somewhere on QGIS.ORG
> <http://QGIS.ORG> website (or better in the QGIS splash screen ;-) )

therefore, new version:
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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 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].
Our targets are:
* 20k€ within 2018-05-18 (for 3.2)
* 40k€ within 2018-09-14 (for 3.4)
Feel free to contact us for further details if necessary.
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[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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how does it sound? maybe we could set a minimum amount to a lower level
considering that we have also our fund to top up.
Comments welcome.
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Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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