Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Chris Cormack
I still think shifting it to the wiki is fine. Shift to the wiki, just like the list of libraries. Then it can still be of use for the vast majority of the active community, and if one subsection want to play silly games with their area, it doesn't impact the rest. But whatever we do can we ple

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, Steve Sowder wrote: How about a list of providers that is recommended by _customers_? With a provider being removed one year after the last recommendation. I hate to sound pessimistic, but anyone can pretend to be a customer. The only easy to maintain list that can't be misundersto

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, Mirko Tietgen wrote: Do you think they will lie to git? How will they do that? :) I have various bugs submitted. For example, bug 5010. That was a major contribution I feel. However, I also have tiny contributions, like bug 14112. It's a contribution, but does that 2 byte patch ca

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Steve Sowder
How about a list of providers that is recommended by _customers_? With a provider being removed one year after the last recommendation. Steve sow...@andrews.edu On 7/1/2015 1:44 PM, Mark Tompsett wrote: > Greetings, > >> It would be nice if people could find out I am contributing >> stuff witho

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mirko Tietgen
Mark Tompsett schrieb am 01.07.2015 > A list like "Name/Organization, Country, Date of Last Accepted > Patch" capped since old stable initial release would be nice, but it > opens it back up to this stupidity which we want to avoid, because > marketing people may hype and lie. No list provides no

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, It would be nice if people could find out I am contributing stuff without learning to understand bugzilla. Sadly, if a person's name continues to appear on a list in the same place, those requesting quotes for proposals will not pay attention and learn what the list is. The learni

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote: I propose we replace the current listing with (a) nothing or (b) some pie diagram with companies/institutions contributions (git log, or what best addresses the need) to the project. Nothing is a little harsh. A tombstone would be better. For example, "We no longer lis

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mirko Tietgen
Tomas Cohen Arazi schrieb am 01.07.2015 > What is the benefit for people listed? I would say marketing > and/or some SEO advantage (Liz told me there are counter measures > applied so it is not used for SEO). A place to send libraries to that are looking for support. A place for (at best communit

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread glaws
I have mixed feelings on the subject, but I think there is some merit in somebody maintaining a list somewhere. As now, it should not be any type of certification by the Koha community or a partner program, but for non-users researching Koha, a link to a list would be quite helpful, and better than