Larry S. wrote:
SamuelS wrote:
Hello SM Team and participants.. I have an idea about how to get bug
fixes done, for those of us who really, really, really want them done
ASAP and then some...
How about assigning a monetary value to requested fixes and let us as
either a group or individuals pay to get them done quickly, of course
security fixes are excluded.
I have one or two fixes for which I Am prepared to pay to get updated
and repaired right away, if possible.
This also goes a long way to support the project too...
Just an idea to fast track some outstanding items.
Thanks for listening... and doing everything you do to support SM and
the end users. Truly labour and truly love.
SS
Love this idea, and would contribute(a modest amount) toward the effort.
I do see one glitch in the idea, though, and it's this--as a reader of
this group for a number of years now, it strikes me that one person's
bug is ofter another person's feature. The "bugs" are often desires for
new features addressing an individual's work methods.
To make the suggestion work, there need to be ways to resolve issues
about priorities. This has usually been decided by developers, resulting
in complaints.
I can't speak authoritatively, but my impression reading this NG over
the years is that the sticking point is not funding; rather, since this
is a volunteer operation, the sticking point is in finding qualified
people to take up a particular task and see it through to completion. If
no one picks up a particular issue, it languishes. So if you really want
to help, either start writing code or find someone who can. (Of course,
if you have millions of bucks to throw around, that would attract good
developers!)
And AFAIK the "desires for new features" are usually called "requests
for enhancement" or "RFE."
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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