Mathias Homann wrote:
> Am Samstag, 12. März 2005 09:09 schrieb Boudewijn Gailliaert:
> 
>>Hi Maurizio,
>>
>>I like the idea, but I am pretty shure that a company like MS would
>>donate a lot of money to skip a few good options in KDE.
>>How would you handle such situations?
> 
> 
> i guess his idea would make that impossible.
> the way i understand him, he wants a "donate" button as an extension 
> of the voting system (think of it as "hey i not only vote for bug 
> number #abcdef to get fixed, i even pay some cash for it").

Yes but not quite. I give you an example of what I am proposing.


1. I file a bug (say "side bar with recent folders history");


2. Some developer (Jack) decides to take car of the task, and says:

    "I can implement this feature in 3 months for 5000$. I declare
     donations open. Donations close in 20 days, on September 6 2005.

3. People begin donating freely.

4. After 20 days, on September 6 2005:

    (a)  if the 5000$ threshold was reached, Jack begins working, and he
         *must* deliver within 3 months.

    (b)  if the 5000$ were not reached, the money is refunded to the donators
         (or at least it because reusable for other tasks).

---

Notice there are two times to be decided:

1. six months. This is the _maximum_ time needed to implement the feature.

2. september 6 2005. We cann call this the "restitution date".

they should be all decided by the developer, I believe.

Maurizio
 
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