[Qgis-user] Open attribute table in form view by default

[Blumentrath, Stefan]

Hi Nyall, Richard, and Andreas,

For me it is all fine if you give the hint on funding, just like Andreas did, knowing whom he is talking to. And I think he has a lot of valid points in his answer.

Unfortunately, it is not always that simple, even for people using QGIS in bigger organizations, to mobilize money for things they like to see implemented (believe me, I wish it was)...

On your list, Nyall, I would add Crowd funding as a fifth (and quite popular) way of getting things into QGIS. And of course all fife can be mixed to some extent...

Anyway, keep up with your good work regardless if paid or voluntary. As I see it, the mix is what makes the project successful...

Cheers
Stefan



From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Nyall Dawson
Sent: 8. februar 2016 21:20
To: Richard Duivenvoorde <richard at duif.net>
Cc: qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Open attribute table in form view by default


On 9 Feb 2016 12:47 AM, "Richard Duivenvoorde" <rdmailings at duif.net<mailto:rdmailings at duif.net>> wrote:
>
> On 08-02-16 14:37, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> >
> > If this important to you - please consider sponsoring a dev to implement
> > this. It can't be very complicated to implement.
>
> Can we please(!) stop saying this all the time. I still hope(d) that
> QGIS is a project where people work on a more or less idealistic way on
> QGIS.

Well, the reality is that there's a very limited number of ways in which new features get implemented in QGIS:

1. Write it yourself. (Requires knowledge of QGIS source and c++)

2. Pay someone else to write it for you (requires money)

3. Wait for someone else to write/pay for it (requires patience and hope that your request is something someone else really needs)

4. Try to convince someone to donate their work/free time to do it for you (requires super levels of negotiating and finding the magic words to say to developers on irc/email/etc, or a project which is sufficiently interesting to attract a developer's attention regardless.)

I don't think there's any other ways code gets added to QGIS.

(Note that I'm *not* discounting all the non development volunteer/paid QGIS work, I'm just referring to how features can get added.)

Given this, I think it's fine to direct people who request stuff to the most direct and reliable way to make changes happen - option 2 above. Just saying "file a feature request" alone isn't all that helpful (it's effectively options 3 or 4 above). It's also very helpful to also let them know how they can make these changes happen quickly.

Nyall

>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
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