On 9 Feb 2016 12:47 AM, "Richard Duivenvoorde" <rdmaili...@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 > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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