Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

On Tue, 2014-07-01 at 17:16 +0200, Cley Faye wrote:
> ​Unless having a very specific corner-case,​ it is very possible that
> you're not alone having this issue. It might be interesting to have some
> place to regroup funding for fixing such bugs. Kinda like crowdfunding, but
> with bug reports instead of projects.

A great idea (thanks Tom as well). In fact, I'm surprised it doesn't
already exist.

There must be a ton of people who want an improved cropping tool.

> However, I can very well see this being misused with either tons of bogus
> bug report, or getting targeted as "LO is not free anymore" or something.

Maybe if it's kept outside of the main LO ecosystem? There are plenty of
crowd-funding websites that could be used. Is this the right place to
discuss the idea?

> Maybe in your case you could mention in the bug report that you're looking
> for people that need this fixed, and can contribute toward this goal.

Good point, although I'd be worried it would be too little too slowly,
only as people come across the bug report.

Andy



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