> > Regarding $174 for a professional license... for a startup this IS a > > significant amount of money. Also I have doubts about effectivity of > > Bronze support level regarding bug fixes. > > Alright, I didn't want to be rude. Sure there are people for which $174 is a lot > of money, and I appreciate that you and other's feel committed to contribute > to Qt in one way or the other.
Which is why am I a bit frustrated since contributing on a small level and/or occasionally is currently impossible. The only thing I can do is writing reports... most of them being wasted time since there is no one that can fix them. So I am searching for feasible ways of minimal contribution. > Still, I remain skeptical for a money-based bounty system for Qt. I'm not > aware of any project successfully implementing such a bounty system, > although the idea pops up since years [1]. Also, my best guess is that most > people contributing to Qt are either employed to do this, or have other day- > time jobs. And their count is limited: So by backing up "your" bug with money > you at best shifting focus around. If this is true it would be a pity. But even if only a single developer could be hired from the collected money it would be great. So you wouldn't give it a try? > What I'd rather like to see is getting more people to be active contributors. I know. And I wish your idea becomes reality. For my part the problem is that I could/need to contribute only from time to time... particularly every time I am hitting some wall. Let's say I would do this once a month maximum. And each time I would need to change something in a different module of Qt. I would have forgotten the processes each time and would need to work into them repeatedly. Also I would need to dig into every of Qt's module and it's internals. The effort would be very high. I am afraid this is something that can be done on a MUCH more frequent/specialized basis only. I would draw time from my main task in an inacceptable way. Even searching and analyzing possible bugs can be a very time consuming task which is able to destroy time lines by its own. I am very sorry about that but currently those imaginary bounties are the only way I could contribute. If they don't work... well... darn! -- Kind Regards Bernhard Lindner _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
