[Qgis-psc] Draft: funding for bugfixing

[Tim Sutton]

Language tidy up:

Dear QGIS users,

As you know, QGIS 3 has recently been published. This version introduced big changes in the code structure that, in addition to the new
functionalities already exposed, makes our code base more modern and easier to expand and improve on in the future.

As a normal by-product of such a huge overhaul, these changes also triggered a series of new issues, that you, our users are helping to discover and document. Our objective is to eliminate the most important of these issues in time for what will be our next Long Term Release (LTR) - version 3.4. This release is scheduled for October 2018[0]. The resources available from QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> funds are limited, and we have already invested in QGIS 3.0 far more than we have done for any previous version.

Now is those a great time for users, and particularly for power users, larger institutions and enterprises, to invest in QGIS bugfixing. You have a number of different options: donating your developers' time or hiring a developer directly to resolve the bugs that annoy you most, sponsoring our foundation[2], or donating[3] to QGIS.ORG.

Our targets are:

* 20k€ within 2018-05-18 (for 3.2)
* 40k€ within 2018-09-14 (for 3.4)

If you would like to help, feel free to contact us for further details!
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[0]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html#release-schedule <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 <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 <https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program>
[3]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html <https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html>



> On 26 Apr 2018, at 19:57, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> 
> 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 <http://qgis.org/>> website (or better in the QGIS splash screen ;-) )
> 
> therefore, new version:
> ===
> 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].
> 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.
> ---
> [0]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html#release-schedule <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 <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 <https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program>
> [3]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html <https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html>
> ===
> 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.
> -- 
> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu <http://www.faunalia.eu/>
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Tim Sutton
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