Am 15.07.2014 14:20, schrieb Alexandre Prokoudine: > It's complicated. > > Donating for implementing particular features suggests a social > contract such as what Krita has with their, er, donors :) That, in > return, suggests having developers available for hire. Krita has > those. What about Scribus? I don't know. > > I've seen at least two attempts at paid development by Scribus > developers (those OiF projects I mentioned). To the best of my > knowledge, none of them were even publicly announced, and you've got > to grow a really thick skin to even discuss the matter with the team. > > Also, I'm not sure, what kind of money counts for "respectable > amount". People like donating for sexy apps. Scribus isn't sexy -- by > design. It's for getting stuff done in a industry that has seen better > days. DTP was never popular in comparison to e.g. digital photography. > Call me a skeptic, but getting a successful fundraiser for Scribus > would involve a major reorganization in how the project operates, both > internally and externally. Not that it shouldn't be done, mind you :) > > Alex
Yes, I already thought a little about the problem. I guess the hardest part is having a developer, who - already knows the Scribus code - has several months to spare I guess nobody will quit their usual day job just for working one or two months for Scribus. Having a outside developer taking that part is too complicated, I think. With Krita I have seen that one of the developers, Sven, has just finished university and can more or less use the time before starting a job to develop for Krita. For Scribus that might be hard. Unfortunately my developing skills are not so good as that I could really know how a developer works in an OSS project. But maybe some small money foundation would be nice to buy some resources (books, hardware) which might be useful. Or maybe provide a little incentive to develop a little bit more. Yeah, but money can maybe do more harm than good if not organized properly.
