Figuring it out is one of the challenges. I think you'd first need to
prioritize the bugs you and others want fixed, which may be the hardest
part. I know LC faces that daily, their criteria is to prioritize by
severity and/or by the number of people the issue impacts. You and whoever
joins you may want to add different ways of measuring it.
Once you have a few pinned down, you'd want to check with the team to see
how many hours and how much it might cost. Then you'd have a target goal.
I wouldn't personally use Indigogo because if the goal isn't reached the
money is not returned. Kickstarter doesn't require payment until the goal
is fully pledged. There are probably other ways to do it, that would be up
to the organizer to research.
Then you'll need to wait to see if anyone pledges/pays/whatever and the
target is met. If so, you hand over the money to LC and move on to the next
target if you like.
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HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On October 4, 2019 3:51:49 AM Richmond via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Yes, I am willing to organise a fundraiser to help finance ironing out
LiveCode bugs.
I am, however, not sure how to go about that;
1. Set up a 'thing' on Indiegogo (because this is not a fund-raiser to
have a set lower limit)?
2. Link it to a dedicated bank account belonging to LiveCode?
3. Perform some sort of triage to rank LC bugs?
4. Have a way to award badges for people who donate to squash particular
bugs?
I believe that this is quite a useful model:
https://home.unicode.org/adopt-a-character/
If this would work I am more than willing to "put my time where my mouth
is" and run this.
On 4.10.19 9:51, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
The fundraiser idea has been discussed before in regard to desired new
feature requests but it could easily be done for bugs as well. It only
needs someone to organize it. Are you willing?
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On October 4, 2019 12:20:32 AM Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Not entirely.
I can put for what I regard as a positive suggestion. Whether it is
doable
and makes any business sense is a big question.
Stop all continuing development for a fixed period of time (6 months,
say)
and attempt to sort out as many of the outstanding bugs as possible.
Have a fundraiser where individuals could sponsor specific bugs and
features they really wanted seeing to.
Even "Awful Richmond" would stump up some money for that.
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