I am entering this discussion only to say that I will donate as soon as I get paid. I may start running Dragora. I follow this mailing list out of interest. However, yes, I may actually install Dragora and donate.
On 24/08/08 01:20PM, Jing Luo via Dragora-users wrote: > On 2024-08-08 04:56, Matías Fonzo via Dragora-users wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 18:27:44 +0200 > > Peter Wiehe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I saw an invitation to donate on the Dragora website. It says it is > > > for > > > Dragora release 3. > > > > > > 1. What do I have to expect from version 3? > > > > > > > The aim is to give continuity to the project in every sense, to further > > complete the distribution, to improve and correct aspects. Basically. > > I think I can give some more details: known bugs should be fixed and > packages will be upgraded to the latest stable releases. Linux will be > upgraded to the latest LTS version. I don't want to get anyone hopes up, but > we can expect at least some items in the "wishlist" to be fulfilled. There > is a wishlist in Dragora's git repo, but I also keep a mental wishlist > myself: e.g. IceCat and OpenJDK support, porting to arm64 ppc64el riscv64. I > would very much like to help upgrading and testing non-essential packages. > > On the other hand, even if I or someone else made patches, Matías would need > to review and approve those, which is something he can't do right now. > Matías doesn't talk much about it on the mailing list, but the economic > situation is abysmal in Argentina, the inflation rate is 3 times higher than > Venezuela, everything is expensive. He has his family and himself to feed, > and it is unrealistic for him to work on Dragora while he and his family > struggle to make ends meet. I hope I described the situation accurately so > that everyone understand how bad it is. > > > > 2. Will the X login bug be fixed in version 3? > > > > > > > Yes, this needs to be fixed. > > > > > 3. What would be a good amount of money to pay you for an hour of > > > work? > > > (Perhaps this is impossible to answer.) > > > > > > > I don't think that any money in symbolic and virtual terms can cover the > > value of a work of art. Rather, living in a monetary system, art is > > often limited by money. > > I would also like to add that "every dollar helps". I set up a monthly > recurring donation via Paypal. I also sent some money online via Western > Digital once. Every penny/peso would be appreciated. > > In the future maybe the Dragora project and FSF can setup a fiscal > sponsorship, so that the donation can go through FSF and can be > tax-deductible for people in the US. But for now it's not possible, because > FSF requires at least three long-term contributors, as well as some other > requirements. Let's work towards that goal. > > -- > Jing Luo > About me: https://jing.rocks/about/ > GPG Fingerprint: 4E09 8D19 00AA 3F72 1899 2614 09B3 316E 13A1 1EFC
