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

Hi,

On 2 juillet 2014 00:54:11 CEST, Andrew Beverley <andy@andybev.com> wrote:
> 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.

Hmm not really. Bugzilla is monitored for duplocates and odd behaviours.


> 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?

Yes and a possible starting point would be the OpenFunding project. But you zre focusing on the 
tool, not how to get to the developers. I cannot make primises but if you were to collect enough 
money the Document Foundation -who manages the LibreOffice project- would likely help.

Best,

Charles.

> > 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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